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Brown eared pheasant

Crossoptilon mantchuricum Swinhoe, 1863

LCLeast Concernbirds

The brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum) is a species in the family Phasianidae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh 1.74 kg to 2.07 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum)
Photo: Somongkol Teng from Minneapolis, United States of America · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the brown eared pheasant

Weight
1.74 kg – 2.07 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
26.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
7.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the brown eared pheasant live?

Not recorded

What is the brown eared pheasant?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum) is a large pheasant, 83–110 cm in length. The body is dark brown overall, with the head and neck black and bare bright red facial skin. Long, stiff white ear tufts emerge from the sides of the head, forming a bundle. Both sexes are similar in colouration. The species is endemic to the mountain forests of northern China.

It is similar to the blue eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum), but differs in having dark brown (rather than blue) body overall and white lower back and tail.

From the Wikipedia article “Brown eared pheasant” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brown_eared_pheasant&oldid=1353564670), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the brown eared pheasant endangered?

The brown eared pheasant is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the brown eared pheasant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGalliformes
  5. familyPhasianidae
  6. genusCrossoptilon
  7. SpeciesCrossoptilon mantchuricum Swinhoe, 1863
Other names and names in other languages (44)
  • Brown eared-pheasantEnglish
  • Manchurian eared-pheasantEnglish
  • تدرج ذو الأذنين البنيArabic
  • فزان ذو الأذنين البنيArabic
  • Сивокафяв ушат фазанBulgarian
  • Fazan skouarnek gellBreton
  • faisà mostatxut foscCatalan
  • bažant mandžuskýCzech
  • ffesant glustiog frownWelsh
  • Brun ØrefasanDanish
  • Braunflügel-OhrfasanGerman
  • Brauner OhrfasanGerman
  • Bruna fazanoEsperanto
  • bruna orelfazanoEsperanto
  • Faisán orejudo pardoSpanish
  • Faisán Orejudo de ManchuriaSpanish
  • pruun-kõrvukfaasanEstonian
  • ruskokorvafasaaniFinnish
  • Hokki brunFrench
  • אוזני חוםHebrew
  • barna fülesfácánHungarian
  • Fagiano orecchiuto brunoItalian
  • ミミキジJapanese
  • Rudasis ausuotasis fazanasLithuanian
  • mandžiūrinis ausytasis fazanasLithuanian
  • brūnais ausfazānsLatvian
  • Nákʼeejilchíiʼii jaaʼí dibéłchíʼígííNavajo
  • Bruine OorfazantDutch
  • sotfasanNorwegian
  • uszak brunatnyPolish
  • ولیچ بن ککڑWestern Panjabi
  • Faisão-orelhudo-pardoPortuguese
  • faisão-orelhudo-castanhoPortuguese
  • faisão-orelhudo-marromPortuguese
  • Бурый ушастый фазанRussian
  • Маньчжурский ушастый фазанRussian
  • uškáň bielochrbtýSlovak
  • Brkati fazanSerbian
  • brun öronfasanSwedish
  • Kulaklı Kahverengi SülünTurkish
  • фазан-вухань бурийUkrainian
  • Gà lôi tai nâuVietnamese
  • 褐馬雞Chinese
  • 褐马鸡Chinese

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Relatives of the brown eared pheasant

Other species in the same genus Crossoptilon.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the brown eared pheasant?

An adult brown eared pheasant weighs 1.74 kg – 2.07 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the brown eared pheasant endangered?

The brown eared pheasant is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the brown eared pheasant?

The brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum) belongs to the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{brown_eared_pheasant_2026,
  title = {Brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-eared-pheasant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}