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Silver pheasant
Lophura nycthemera jonesi, Linnaeus, 1758
A beautiful, curious, persistent and majestic bird. It inhabits dense mountain forests, areas overgrown with thickets, bamboo and ferns at altitude of 700–2100 m above sea level, as well as cultivated fields. It has been known and bred in China since ancient times. Its image was present in ancient art, and in literature the silver pheasant has been epitomised with the mythical white phoenix. In the Lubin zoo there are silver pheasants of the jonesi subspecies.
Distribution: Southeast Asia and China
male
body length: ca. 125 cm
wing length: 22-30 cm
body mass: 1,1-2 kg
female
body length: ca. 65 cm
wing length: 15-27 cm
body mass: 1-1,3 kg