Cheer pheasant
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The cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii), also known as Wallich's pheasant or chir pheasant, is a vulnerable species of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is the only member in the genus Catreus. The scientific name commemorates Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich.
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Cheer pheasant | |
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At Kyoto Zoo, Japan | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Tribe: | Phasianini |
Genus: | Catreus Cabanis, 1851 |
Species: | C. wallichii |
Binomial name | |
Catreus wallichii (Hardwicke, 1827) | |
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