Swinhoe's Pheasant lives in Taiwan's forests. The male stands out with a white crest and back and two long white tail feathers.
The male has a bright white crest and back, plus two long white feathers in the tail.
Swinhoe’s Pheasants are endemic to Taiwan’s forests. They eat fruits, young leaves, earthworms and other small animals, foraging among fallen leaves and beside forest tracks.
Around the Batongguan Trail in Yushan National Park, 18 field visits between June 1987 and August 1988 produced 61 encounters with live birds. Observers saw them scratch leaves and soil with their feet, then search underneath with their bills. In soft soil they sometimes probed directly with the bill.
At track edges they picked flowers and fruits while walking. For food above their reach they stretched their necks or jumped, spreading their wings slightly without flapping. Scratching downwards and reaching upwards both formed part of their observed feeding behaviour.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
Taiwan’s National Park Service recommends reducing visitor damage and disturbance along forest tracks and edges used by Swinhoe’s Pheasants. It also calls for stronger habitat conservation outside Yushan National Park. Maintaining forest habitat and managing visitor pressure at frequently used sites are regional conservation priorities.