Wildlifeof Thailand
Mrs. Hume's Pheasant
Phasianidae
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Syrmaticus humiae
Basic stats
Diet
Plant material and invertebrates
Habitat
Open forest and wooded mountain slopes
Range
North-eastern India through Myanmar to south-western China and northern Thailand
Size
Male about 90cm; female about 60cm
Mrs. Hume's pheasant is a long-tailed mountain pheasant. The male is chestnut, blue-black and white with conspicuous white wing bars; the smaller female is mottled brown. It inhabits open forest and wooded slopes from north-eastern India through Myanmar to south-western China and northern Thailand, walking on the ground for plant material and invertebrates and roosting in trees (Wikipedia, general species account). It is Nationally Endangered (Thailand Red Data 2025).
Quick answers
- What does the Mrs. Hume's Pheasant eat?
- Plant material and invertebrates
- What habitat does the Mrs. Hume's Pheasant live in?
- Open forest and wooded mountain slopes
- Where is the Mrs. Hume's Pheasant found?
- North-eastern India through Myanmar to south-western China and northern Thailand
- How big is the Mrs. Hume's Pheasant?
- Male about 90cm; female about 60cm