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Swinhoe's pheasant

Lophura swinhoii (Gould, 1863)

NTNear Threatenedbirds

The swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii) is a species in the family Phasianidae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh about 1.1 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii)
Photo: Alnus · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the swinhoe's pheasant

Weight
1.1 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
5.7 – 5.85src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the swinhoe's pheasant

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Swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii)
Frankyboy5 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the swinhoe's pheasant live?

Not recorded

What is the swinhoe's pheasant?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii), also known as the Taiwan blue pheasant, is a bird of the pheasant subfamily in the fowl family Phasianidae. It is endemic to Taiwan. Along with the Mikado pheasant and Taiwan blue magpie, two other Taiwan endemics, Swinhoe's pheasant is sometimes considered an unofficial national symbol for Taiwan, as it bears the colours of the national flag (red, white, and blue).

From the Wikipedia article “Swinhoe's pheasant” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swinhoe%27s_pheasant&oldid=1379734774), 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 swinhoe's pheasant endangered?

The swinhoe's pheasant is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  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 Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the swinhoe's pheasant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGalliformes
  5. familyPhasianidae
  6. genusLophura
  7. SpeciesLophura swinhoii (Gould, 1863)

Synonyms Euplocamus swinhoii, Hierophasis dissimilis, Hierophasis swinhoii, Lophura swainhoii, Lophura swinhoei

Other names and names in other languages (47)
  • Swinhoe’s pheasantEnglish
  • Swinhoe’s pheasantEnglish
  • Swinhoe’s pheasantEnglish
  • Swinhoe-fisantAfrikaans
  • تدرج سوينهوArabic
  • تدرج أزرق تايوانيArabic
  • Седлат фазанBulgarian
  • Fazan SwinhoeBreton
  • faisà de SwinhoeCatalan
  • bažant SwinhoeůvCzech
  • bažant tchajwanskýCzech
  • ffesant SwinhoeWelsh
  • SwinhoesfasanDanish
  • SwinhoefasanGerman
  • Swinhoe-FasanGerman
  • Blua fazanoEsperanto
  • svajnoa fazanoEsperanto
  • Faisán de FormosaSpanish
  • Faisán de SwinhoeSpanish
  • valgeselg-faasanEstonian
  • taiwaninfasaaniFinnish
  • Faisan de SwinhoeFrench
  • פסיון סווינוHebrew
  • nyerges fácánHungarian
  • Fagiano di SwinhoeItalian
  • サンケイJapanese
  • 산계Korean
  • Svaino lofuraLithuanian
  • Тајвански фазанMacedonian
  • Swinhoes FazantDutch
  • fagerfasanNorwegian
  • kiściec tajwańskiPolish
  • سونہو بن ککڑWestern Panjabi
  • faisão-da-formosaPortuguese
  • faisão-de-swinhoePortuguese
  • Свайнова лофураRussian
  • Тайваньский фазанRussian
  • bažant lesklýSlovak
  • Tajvanski fazanSerbian
  • taiwanfasanSwedish
  • Formoza SülünüTurkish
  • лофур тайванськийUkrainian
  • Gà lôi lam lưng trắngVietnamese
  • 蓝鹇Chinese
  • 蓝腹鹇Chinese
  • 藍腹鷴Chinese
  • 藍鷴Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the swinhoe's pheasant

Other species in the same genus Lophura.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the swinhoe's pheasant?

An adult swinhoe's pheasant weighs 1.1 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the swinhoe's pheasant endangered?

The swinhoe's pheasant is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the swinhoe's pheasant?

The swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii) belongs to the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/swinhoes-pheasant

MLA

“Swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/swinhoes-pheasant.

BibTeX
@misc{swinhoes_pheasant_2026,
  title = {Swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/swinhoes-pheasant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}