Elliot's pheasant

Its global IUCN Red List category is Least Concern (LC), which is not a threatened category.

Weight

893 g – 1.17 kgsrc for Weight

Length

50 cmsrc for Length

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Omnivoresrc for Diet

Main food

leaves, seedssrc for Main food

Habitat

woodlandsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

6 – 7src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

4 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Reproduction

Eggssrc for Reproduction

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The elliot's 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

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderGalliformes
5. familyPhasianidae
6. genusSyrmaticus
7. SpeciesSyrmaticus ellioti (Swinhoe, 1872)

Synonyms Phasianus ellioti

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

VU, Vulnerable

Mrs. Hume's pheasant

Syrmaticus humiae

Phasianidae

VU, Vulnerable

Reeves's pheasant

Syrmaticus reevesii

Phasianidae

LC, Least Concern

Copper pheasant

Syrmaticus soemmerringii

Phasianidae

LC, Least Concern

Mikado pheasant

Syrmaticus mikado

Phasianidae

CompareElliot's pheasant vs Mrs. Hume's pheasantElliot's pheasant vs Reeves's pheasantElliot's pheasant vs Copper pheasantElliot's pheasant vs Mikado pheasant

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@misc{elliots_pheasant_2026,
  title = {Elliot's pheasant (Syrmaticus ellioti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/elliots-pheasant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}