Red Golden Pheasant

Red Golden Pheasant                                                                         

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Description 

The red golden pheasant is very popular in aviculture. The male red golden Pheasant has beautiful plumage and colorful, 

Shiny attractiveness. These pheasants are hardy and easy to keep.

The red golden pheasant is one of the most beautiful and charming birds. 

The male has a red chest and a golden yellow rump on the head, and the back is green and black. 

The color of the wings is red and blue.

The red-golden pheasant Female is brown in color, and has black stripes. 

Size and Weight

The average length of the red golden pheasant is about 44 inches and the length of the female is up to 27 inches. 

And the weight of the red golden pheasant male and female is about 300 to 700 grams.

Diet and Nutrition

Red golden pheasants are herbivores. They eat fruit pulp, grubs, grains, seeds, bulbs, bamboo flowers.

And they also various types of soft plants,They make take insects, spider and termites.

Breeding Mating Habits 

Red golden pheasants also form pairs like other pheasants. Males can mate with more than one female. 

These pheasants build their nests in thick bushes under tree trunks. 

Their breeding season starts in April and the females form a clutch.  It lays 7 to 12 eggs. 

Their incubation period is about 24 to 25 days. The young are able to eat after 24 hours after hatching.

Female Duration is about 1 year and males become mature at 2 years of age.