copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii)

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Subject:	copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii)
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English: « Phasianus soemmerringii » = Syrmaticus soemmerringii (Copper Pheasant) - male
Français: « Phasianus soemmerringii » = Syrmaticus soemmerringii (Faisan scintillant) - mâle
Date 1838
Source Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux
Author Nicolas Huet le Jeune (1770–1830), Jean-Gabriel Prêtre (1768–1849)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Syrmaticus_soemmerringii_male_1838.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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