Pheasants are omnivorous birds, and they like all kinds of insects, small amphibians, cereals, beans, grass seeds, green shoots, etc. They are common in hilly land tens of meters high near large agricultural fields, and mainly inhabit mountain bushes, small bamboo clusters, grass, valley meadows and forest-edge grasslands.

in the northeast, it is distributed in mountainous areas with an altitude of 8-9 meters in summer, more than 1 meters in Beijing, 22 meters in the south of Qinling Mountains, and sometimes as high as 29-3 meters in Wenchuan, Sichuan.

in autumn, it gradually moved from high altitude to grassland at the foot of the mountain and cultivated land near the mountain. At this time, there are also a lot of pheasants in the reed pond beside the lakes and rivers. After autumn, when reeds are cut off, they are more easily found and become the main targets of hunting at this time.

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Pheasants can fly powerfully, but they can't fly for a long time. Usually, I lurk in the grass to find food; If you are disturbed, you will hide in the dense haystack. When you can't hide, you will suddenly flap your wings and fly. After flapping your wings several times, you can fly quite quickly, but you can't fly far, and then sneak into the grass to escape. ?

The breeding period is from March to April to June to July every year, and the difference between the north and the south is about one month. A male pheasant matches 1 ~ 2 females. At the beginning of breeding, it is common to see two male pheasants fighting in mountainous areas until the other male pheasant is driven away.

The nest is located in the ground depression between grass or reeds, and it is made of soft pine leaves or thatch. In the southern part of Jiangsu, nests are mainly made in wheat fields, and usually two nests are hatched a year. After the wheat harvest, eggs are no longer hatched. Each egg lays 6-14 eggs, which are light olive yellow and oval.