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What Is The Rarest Pheasant?

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The Bornean peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron schleiermacheri) is a medium-sized pheasant . It is probably the rarest and certainly the least known of all peacock-pheasants. How many types of pheasants are there in the UK? Three species of pheasant are on the British List but they differ dramatically in their status. One is super-abundant and barely merits … Read more

How Many Types Of Pheasants Are There In The UK?

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Three species of pheasant are on the British List but they differ dramatically in their status. One is super-abundant and barely merits a second glance from most birders, one is very rare and localised and the other is probably already extinct here. What is the rarest pheasant? The Bornean peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron schleiermacheri) is a medium-sized … Read more