page_title: Reeves's pheasant
section_title: Behaviour
hierarchical_section_title: Reeves's pheasant / Behaviour
caption_attribution_description: Amherstfasanen Phasianus amherstiae (now Category - Chrysolophus amherstiae) Guldfasanen (Phasianus pictus (now Category - Chrysolophus pictus) Brokiga fasanen (Category - Phasianus versicolor) Kungsfasanen Phasianus reevesi (now Category - Syrmaticus reevesii)
context_page_description: Reeves's pheasant is a large pheasant within the genus Syrmaticus. It is endemic to China. It is named after the British naturalist John Reeves, who first introduced live specimens to Europe in 1831.
context_section_description: The Reeves's pheasant is a hardy bird and is able to tolerate both hot and cold weather. They prefer higher ground for nesting. The female lays a clutch of 7–14 eggs in April or May; the incubation period is 24–25 days. Reeves's pheasants are often aggressive towards humans, animals, and other pheasants, particularly during the breeding season.
  Their call is unlike other game birds in that it is a musical warble, sounding more passerine than a galliform bird. Their diet is vegetable matter, including seeds and cereals. They are fairly common in aviculture.
caption: Male Reeves's pheasant, green pheasant, Lady Amherst's pheasant and golden pheasant (front to back).
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