Pheasants are national second-level protected animals. Pheasants are slightly smaller than domestic chickens, but have much longer tails. The male and female birds have different feather colors. The male bird has gorgeous feathers with many metallic reflections. There are a bunch of ear feather clusters on both sides of the head that can stand up and have square feather tips. Pheasant wings are slightly shorter and rounder, with 18 tail feathers. The tail is long and gradually tapered, and the central tail feathers are much longer than the outer tail feathers.

Several subspecies of pheasants are distributed in eastern China. They have white collars on their necks, which form a significant contrast with the metallic green necks; their tail feathers are long and have horizontal spots. The feathers of the female bird are dull, mostly brown and tan, mixed with black spots; the tail feathers are also shorter.

Distribution of pheasants.

Pheasants inhabit low hills, farmland, field edges, swamp grasslands, forest edge shrubs and shrubs and grasslands on both sides of roads. They are omnivorous. The foods eaten vary by region and season. Distributed in southeastern Europe, Asia Minor, Central Asia, China, Mongolia, Korea, southeastern Siberia, Russia, northern Vietnam and northeastern Myanmar.