Cheer Pheasant | |
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Genus: | Catreus Cabanis, 1851 |
Species: | C. wallichii |
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Catreus wallichii (Hardwicke, 1827) | |
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The cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii) also known as Wallich's pheasant (in Nepal: "Kahir", "Chihir") is a vulnerable species of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is the only member of the genus Catreus.
The species was named as Phasianus wallichi by the English zoologist Thomas Hardwicke in 1827; he named it after the Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich. Later the name was changed to the present name by the English ornithologist John Gould.
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