Emperor Pheasant and Blue-bellied Pheasant

[Emperor Pheasant and Blue-bellied Pheasant]

【Emperors and Hermits】

【National treasure bird and national bird】

Walking with children on the hiking trail in the forest recreation area,

I saw an animal walking in the distance, and I thought it couldn’t be the kittens and puppies that children love,

After getting closer to each other, we found that it was a flamboyant bird walking in the forest,

Is it an emperor pheasant?

Later, a friend told me it was a blue-bellied pheasant.

The Emperor Pheasant and the Blue-bellied Pheasant are so similar that I can’t tell them apart.

The categories are all of the same type.

This bird is truly exaggeratedly beautiful.

Later, I checked with Google experts and found that the graphics were not quite correct either.

Distinguish between Emperor Pheasant and Blue-bellied Pheasant in 3 seconds

1. What is the color of its feet?

Red: Blue-bellied Pheasant

Black: Emperor Pheasant

2. Does it have a white hair on its head?

Some: Blue-bellied Pheasant

No: Emperor Pheasant

3. Is its tail made of a few all-white feathers, or are there scattered white horizontal stripes in the tail feathers?

All white plumage: Blue-bellied Pheasant

Scattered white horizontal stripes: Emperor Pheasant

The inability to duel between Blue-bellied Pheasant and Emperor Pheasant is determined by body size!

The emperor pheasant and the blue-bellied pheasant are the king and the hermit respectively

Emperor Pheasant-The King in the Mist

Taiwan endemic species

Alias: Taiwanese emperor pheasant, black long-tailed pheasant

Scientific name: Syrmaticus mikado

Classification: Galliformes and Pheasantidae

Status:Near Threatened

Distribution range:A mixed zone of coniferous forests and grasslands between 1,800 and 3,500 meters above sea level. It likes dense fog and is known as the “King of the Mist”

Characteristics: The male emperor pheasant is quite similar to the male blue-bellied pheasant, with a body length of 70 to 86 centimeters. At first glance, both have blue metallic feathers, except the emperor pheasant, which has blue metallic feathers all over its body. Black, only the tail has white horizontal stripes, and the feet are dark gray. The female Emperor Pheasant also looks very similar to the female Blue-bellied Pheasant, with a body length of 45 to 60 centimeters. The body is brown, black, or earthy in color, the tail has black horizontal spots, and the legs are dark gray.

Blue-bellied Pheasant – Mountain Hermit

 Taiwan endemic species

 Alias: Taiwan Pheasant, Blue Pheasant, Taiwan Blue Pheasant

 Scientific name: Lophura swinhoii

 Classification: Galliformes, Pheasantidae

 Status: Near Threatened

 Distribution range: In broad-leaved forests or mixed forests at medium and low altitudes between 300 and 2,500 meters above sea level

 Characteristics: Male and female Blue-bellied Pheasants are almost completely different in length. The male Blue-bellied Pheasant is 70 to 80 centimeters long, with blue metallic luster on its feathers and a white short head. There is a white crest on the upper back and red feathers on both sides. The central tail feathers of the tail are white, the rest are blue-black, and the feet are red. The female Blue-bellied Pheasant is dull in color and is about 55 to 60 centimeters smaller than the male. She has no feather crest, has a yellowish-brown bill, and her body is mainly brown, yellow and black in color.

Now that we know how to tell them apart, let’s learn more about them!

Some people call the emperor pheasant the “King of the Mist” because they like to come out when the fog is thick and the weather is bad and the light is dim. However, in comparison,

The Blue-bellied Pheasant is more alert than the Emperor Pheasant. So if the emperor pheasant is the emperor, then the blue-bellied pheasant is the hermit in the bird world!

But the blue-bellied pheasants that I was lucky enough to meet didn’t seem to be alert.

These two birds are found only in Taiwan in the world and are endemic to Taiwan. Such species are of great significance to ecological research and evolution.

The next time we meet on the mountain, we will be excited and joyful, but also let us remember the “five steps of bird watching: don’t scare, don’t seduce, don’t chase, don’t destroy and don’t catch.”

The happy children and the flock of national treasure birds are not tired of seeing each other, and they are enjoying themselves.

Share the surprise of seeing the Blue-bellied Pheasant with everyone!

I hope you can easily encounter the national treasure fish or bird when walking in the national park or forest recreation area.

『#重宝 Mirror． #佛佛Endless』

The fourth ancestor of Huayan Sect #Qingliang Chengguan (738-839) once conducted a physical experiment and recorded it in “Huayan Jingshu”.

He took two mirrors, placed a lamp and a Buddha statue in the middle, and what he saw was a scene of “# Repeated Crossings of Light, # Buddha Buddha Endless”. From this, he taught his disciples that the minds of sentient beings and the wisdom of the Buddha are like two mirrors that reflect and penetrate each other. All states and all minds look at each other in this way. Although they are diverse, their nature is the same. Such a state of realization is “#Buddhahuayan”.

This is like the interconnection between people and all things.

Me: It’s not everything about me, it’s my awareness!

My awareness plays all the roles

Without me, everything is me

The Weishan Bronze Mirror is in Yangshan’s hand

Everything about me is imprinted on the other person’s mind

Everything about the other person is imprinted in my heart

Lots of hentai!

Be kind to the people and love things, and be kind to the people;

Pray that the sky will be clear and the earth peaceful, and all things will be prosperous;

You can easily encounter the national treasure fish or bird when walking in the national park or forest recreation area!