Reeves's pheasant
Syrmaticus reevesii (J. E. Gray, 1829)
Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) is a bird in the family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, genus Syrmaticus. It is a medium-sized, terrestrial and sedentary granivore that lives in woodland, with adults typically about 1.21 kg.
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Quick facts about the reeves's pheasant
The IUCN Red List category for Reeves's pheasant is Vulnerable (VU), a threatened category, and its geographic range covers 532,000 km².
- Weight
- 974.5 g – 1.53 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- 75 cm – 2.1 msrc for Length
- Lifespan
- 9.2 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Granivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- seedssrc for Main food
- Habitat
- woodlandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 24.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 7 – 9.5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the reeves's pheasant?
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Where does the reeves's pheasant live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the reeves's pheasant as introduced in 7 countries.
Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).
What is the reeves's pheasant?
Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) is a large pheasant within the genus Syrmaticus. It is endemic to China. It is named after the British naturalist John Reeves, who first introduced live specimens to Europe in 1831.
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Is the reeves's pheasant endangered?
The reeves's pheasant is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.
How is the reeves's pheasant classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderGalliformes
- familyPhasianidae
- genusSyrmaticus
- SpeciesSyrmaticus reevesii (J. E. Gray, 1829)
Synonyms Phasianus reevesii, Phasianus veneratus, Syrmaticus reevesi
Other names and names in other languages (45)
- Reeve's pheasantEnglish
- تدرج ريفزArabic
- فزان ريفزArabic
- faisán veneráuAsturian
- Царски фазанBulgarian
- Fazan lidBreton
- Fazan-lidBreton
- faisà veneratCatalan
- bažant královskýCzech
- ffesant ReevesWelsh
- KongefasanDanish
- KönigsfasanGerman
- reĝa fazanoEsperanto
- Faisán veneradoSpanish
- kuningfaasanEstonian
- kuningasfasaaniFinnish
- Faisan vénéréFrench
- Faisan de ReevesFrench
- Piasún ríúilIrish
- Piasún ReevesIrish
- פסיון מלכותיHebrew
- királyfácánHungarian
- KonungsfasaniIcelandic
- Fagiano veneratoItalian
- オナガキジJapanese
- Патша қырғауылыKazakh
- 긴꼬리꿩Korean
- karališkasis fazanasLithuanian
- karaliskais fazānsLatvian
- KoningsfazantDutch
- bażant królewskiPolish
- faisão-veneradoPortuguese
- Королевский фазанRussian
- Пёстрый китайский фазанRussian
- GonagasfasánaNorthern Sami
- bažant kráľovskýSlovak
- kraljevi fazanSlovenian
- Kraljevski fazanSerbian
- kungsfasanSwedish
- Kral SülünTurkish
- мікадо китайськийUkrainian
- Королівський фазанUkrainian
- KoniengsfezanteZeelandic
- 白冠長尾雉Chinese
- 白冠长尾雉Chinese
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Relatives of the reeves's pheasant
Other species in the same genus Syrmaticus.
Mrs. Hume's pheasant
Syrmaticus humiae
Elliot's pheasant
Syrmaticus ellioti
Copper pheasant
Syrmaticus soemmerringii
Mikado pheasant
Syrmaticus mikado
CompareReeves's pheasant vs Mrs. Hume's pheasantReeves's pheasant vs Elliot's pheasantReeves's pheasant vs Copper pheasantReeves's pheasant vs Mikado pheasant
Common questions
Each answer is written from the sourced facts on this page, and only where they hold the answer.
What is the scientific name of Reeves's pheasant?
The scientific name is Syrmaticus reevesii, with the authority (J. E. Gray, 1829).
How heavy is Reeves's pheasant?
Adults typically weigh about 1.21 kg. Sources report from 974 g to 1.53 kg.
How many eggs does Reeves's pheasant lay?
A clutch is 9 or 10 eggs, with 1 clutch per year. Incubation lasts 24 days.
What habitat does Reeves's pheasant live in?
It lives in woodland and is terrestrial and sedentary.
Is the reeves's pheasant an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the reeves's pheasant as introduced in 7 countries, including Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France and Italy, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
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