Cheer pheasant vs Common pheasant
The cheer pheasant is heavier: 1.44 kg against 1.12 kg for the common pheasant, about 28% more.
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What is the difference between a cheer pheasant and a common pheasant?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The cheer pheasant is heavier: 1.44 kg against 1.12 kg for the common pheasant, about 28% more.
- They share the family Phasianidae but sit in different genera: Cheer pheasant in Catreus, Common pheasant in Phasianus.
- The cheer pheasant is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List; the common pheasant is Least Concern.
Side by side
| Cheer pheasant | Common pheasant | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Catreus wallichii | Phasianus colchicus |
| Family | Phasianidae | Phasianidae |
| Order | Galliformes | Galliformes |
| Weight | 1.13 kg – 1.59 kg | 953 g – 1.24 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | 27 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | cereal, earthworm, insect |
| Habitat | grassland | human_modified |
| Conservation status | Vulnerable | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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