Golden pheasant

The golden pheasant is a sedentary, terrestrial herbivore of forest habitat, with a geographic range of 969,400 km². It lays one clutch per year of 8.75 eggs, which are incubated for 22.5 days, and it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Weight

525 g – 875 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

70 cmsrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

13.4 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

22.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

7.7 – 8.75src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

12 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

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 golden 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. genusChrysolophus
7. SpeciesChrysolophus pictus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Chrysolophus pictus pictus, Phasianus pictus

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LC, Least Concern

Lady Amherst's pheasant

Chrysolophus amherstiae

Phasianidae

CompareGolden pheasant vs Lady Amherst's pheasant

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@misc{golden_pheasant_2026,
  title = {Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/golden-pheasant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}