A pheasant endemic to China, living in evergreen forest and open woodland. It scratches leaf litter for seeds, berries, leaves, and invertebrates.
The male has gold-and-white scaled plumage, a red body, white head with a black eye band, and long silver-white tail barred chestnut. The female is paler and mottled, with a cream head and brown cap and mask.
Reeves’s Pheasants use mixed forests in central China, obtaining buds and acorns as seasonal foods.
Radio-tracking17males in Dongzhai during2000–2003 showed wider home ranges in spring than winter.
Five males tracked across consecutive years reused much of their previous range. The authors recommended retaining core habitat and avoiding major management work in spring.
IUCN Red List (BirdLife listing) · Vulnerable · Global
BirdLife lists Vulnerable. Dongzhai researchers highlight the susceptibility of site-faithful males to habitat change and recommend continuity of core forest habitat.