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Published: 2012-06-21 23:51:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 829; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 0
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Description A beautiful male pheasant (a hybrid between a Lady Amherst's Pheasant - Chrysolophus amherstiae and a Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus) at the Rio Zoo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Canon 7D.
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Comments: 18

BlackEvilSkull666 [2012-08-21 23:43:56 +0000 UTC]

This hybrid has amazing colors!

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amaliabastos In reply to BlackEvilSkull666 [2012-08-21 23:49:41 +0000 UTC]

Really does! Thank you.

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BlackEvilSkull666 In reply to amaliabastos [2012-08-21 23:51:50 +0000 UTC]

Of course! I am a live bird collector, I collect and take good care of my pet birds. I like birds so much that I no longer eat anything containing bird meat.

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amaliabastos In reply to BlackEvilSkull666 [2012-08-21 23:53:24 +0000 UTC]

I own pet birds too! Not pheasants though.
I do love chicken, though. Can't live without it. D: On the other hand, I don't eat any red meat.

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BlackEvilSkull666 In reply to amaliabastos [2012-08-21 23:56:01 +0000 UTC]

lol, thanks for joining my group, I am trying to make it to at least 100 members. I want that many so the group can easily expand on it's own.

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amaliabastos In reply to BlackEvilSkull666 [2012-08-22 00:01:50 +0000 UTC]

No problem. I understand. Groups need an initial 'push' and then they can move by themselves. ^^

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BlackEvilSkull666 In reply to amaliabastos [2012-08-22 00:09:48 +0000 UTC]

To me, it seems that groups with under 70-80 members aren't able to expand by themselves unless it was the first group for a fanclub (Ex. Sonic, Mario, Pokemon, anime). That is why invites and affiliations are needed to expand.

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amaliabastos In reply to BlackEvilSkull666 [2012-08-22 00:11:42 +0000 UTC]

I've noticed the same thing.

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Meddling-With-Nature [2012-06-22 04:15:36 +0000 UTC]

I can say that this is most certainly a hybridized Lady Amherst. he very likely has a bit of golden pheasant in him, but not necessarily so. More often than not, these guys have a bit of gold genetics in them somewhere down the line. Lovely shot! I have some color variations of the Amherst that can get pretty wild! They are so fun to watch. They are like little acrobats!

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amaliabastos In reply to Meddling-With-Nature [2012-06-22 12:18:46 +0000 UTC]

Ah, makes much more sense now. c: Thank you!

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namu-the-orca [2012-06-22 04:01:30 +0000 UTC]

Haha, I got it for you ;D Seems you got yourself quite the pheasant here! It isn't so strange that you could not find its exact species - because it isn't one. This is a hybrid between two of the most beautiful domestic pheasants: a Lady amherst's pheasant [link] and a Golden pheasant [link] That mix produces the hybrid which is shown on your photo; and just for checkers, here ar esome confirmed hybrid photos: [link] [link] [link] You see that those too have a light crown, not such a long and wide black and white striped neck piece and also have that light spot under the eye. Wonderful animal and a wonderful photo; truly an exuberant sight!

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amaliabastos In reply to namu-the-orca [2012-06-22 12:20:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Strange thing to have at a zoo, really! I always expect zoos not to have hybrids, for some reason. Next time I go there I'll have to look at the sign and see if they got the 'species' wrong as well!

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namu-the-orca In reply to amaliabastos [2012-06-22 12:41:10 +0000 UTC]

Could be that they're together with normal Amherst's and Goldens too Actually, hybrids mostly happen at a zoo, much more often that in the wild. In a zoo animals that would otherwise never meet are sometimes put together and hybrids can form. Less noticable or 'special' it is with birds, like this one, but more noticable are for example Ligers: [link] [link] [link] Zorses or Hebras: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] (<- this one's really beautiful) and a hybrid between a Pacific white-sided dolphin and a Bottlenose: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]

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amaliabastos In reply to namu-the-orca [2012-06-22 12:45:31 +0000 UTC]

I knew of the Hebras and Ligers, but what I was saying is, I would expect a pheasant hybrid at a farm or something with all sorts of pheasants, you know? c: Thank you. ^^

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namu-the-orca In reply to amaliabastos [2012-06-22 12:48:58 +0000 UTC]

Zoos often keep several species of domestic pheasants or ducks together in one enclosure, which then interbreed. 'Wild' species of pheasants or rare ones would probably be kept species by species, though

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amaliabastos In reply to namu-the-orca [2012-06-22 12:53:03 +0000 UTC]

True. Thank you. ^^

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ParanoiaPenguin [2012-06-22 02:21:43 +0000 UTC]

[link] Looks like it may be a Lady Amherst's Pheasant. Any pheasant experts out there with an opinion?

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amaliabastos In reply to ParanoiaPenguin [2012-06-22 02:36:21 +0000 UTC]

I thought so too! But then I looked at the head again... Is there variation regarding the colour of the top of their heads? This one had an orange front, whilst others of that species usually have black fronts.

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