Thailand
Hume’s Pheasant*
Rare and little known...in forests in
China, India, Burma and Thailand.
Syrmaticus humiae
(L m-70.9-98.4"
f-39.4-43.3")
Doi Lang Mountain
24Mar2016
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IUCN Watch List
Status is Near
Threatened
• due to habitat loss,
fragmented population
and being hunted for food.
* aka Mrs.Hume’s Pheasant.
But the pheasant! For the love of God, the pheasant?
It can hardly be a battle of wits!
I’ve seen him as he sits, a big, red bullseye
On fences and dykes,
Startled by every day he survives.
(Alan McClure)