Prakruti Parichay
CettiidaeCettia

Cheer Pheasant

Cettia wallichii

61–118 cmVery Large
Beak
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Feet
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Crest
Has a crest

Resident. W Himalayas. long, broadly barred tail, pronounced crest, and red facial skin. Male is more cleanly and strongly marked than female, with pronounced barring on mantle, unmarked neck, rufous rump, and broader barring across tail. Female is browner above. more heavily barred on breast. and has grey-brown rump. Keeps in coveys of five outside breeding season. Extremely wary and skulking. Globally threatened. Steep hillsides with scrub and stunted trees and wooded ravines or with some scrub and grass cover; secondary growth.

Colour

RedRufous / Red-brownGreyBrown
Average size
89.5 cm
Habitat
Steep hillsides with scrub and stunted trees and wooded ravines or with some scrub and grass cover, secondary growth.
Behaviour
Resident., Keeps in coveys of five outside breeding season. Extremely wary and skulking. Globally threatened.

About this bird

Resident. W Himalayas. long, broadly barred tail, pronounced crest, and red facial skin. Male is more cleanly and strongly marked than female, with pronounced barring on mantle, unmarked neck, rufous rump, and broader barring across tail. Female is browner above. more heavily barred on breast. and has grey-brown rump. Keeps in coveys of five outside breeding season. Extremely wary and skulking. Globally threatened. Steep hillsides with scrub and stunted trees and wooded ravines or with some scrub and grass cover; secondary growth.

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Cheer Pheasant is bigger than Masked Booby but smaller than Great Bustard.

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Cheer Pheasant

Cettia wallichii

61–118 cm