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Golden Pheasant

Chrysolophus pictus

706Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
33Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan116
Feb114
Mar77
Apr74
May108
Jun30
Jul22
Aug31
Sep21
Oct61
Nov26
Dec25

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England237
2Norfolk England139
3Isles of Scilly England99
4Suffolk England53
5Dorset England48
6Highland Scotland9
7Cheshire East England9
8Devon England5
9Argyll and Bute Scotland5
10North Yorkshire England3
11Carmarthenshire Wales3
12Bedford England3
13Cumbria England2
14Leeds England2
15Redcar and Cleveland England2
671 England20 Scotland14 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
706
Peak month
January
Counties with records
33
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Chrysolophus pictus
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
64
Conservation designations
EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Galliformes
Family
Phasianidae
Genus
Chrysolophus
Name with authority
Chrysolophus pictus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
7

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q335113 · GBIF 5228034