copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii)

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Subject:	copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii)
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English: « Phasianus soemmeringi » = Syrmaticus soemmerringii (Copper pheasant)
Français: « Phasianus soemmeringi » = Syrmaticus soemmerringii (Faisan scintillant)
Date 1876
Source Onze vogels in huis en tuin
Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Syrmaticus_soemmerringii_1876.jpg

The copper pheasant or Soemmerring's pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii) is endemic to Japan. The scientific name commemorates the German scientist Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring. The copper pheasant is distributed in and endemic to the hill and mountain forests of Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku islands of Japan.

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