China: Golden Pheasant; watercolour from a gouache album of paintings of various Chinese birds, 19th century

From a collection of beautifully painted Chinese ornothological studies, mid-19th century, by an anonymous painter.

The Golden Pheasant or 'Chinese Pheasant', (Chrysolophus pictus) is a gamebird of the order Galliformes (gallinaceous birds) and the family Phasianidae. It is native to forests in mountainous areas of western China.

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