cheer pheasant

The Cheer pheasant lacks the color and brilliance of most pheasants.

The cheer pheasant, which went extinct in Pakistan, was reintroduced in the region.

Attempts to reintroduce captive-bred cheer pheasants in Pakistan have been unsuccessful.

One of the pheasantry's many successes is housing the world's largest flock of Cheer pheasants raised in captivity.

In studies conducted in upper Beas Valley, cheer pheasant was found to be sensitive to human disturbance.

The sanctuary is said to have a large population of endangered cheer pheasant, and there is also a large goral population.

In studies made in upper Beas Valley, it was found that the Cheer pheasants were sensitive to the presence of humans.

Cheer pheasant (genus Catreus)

Catreus wallichii (cheer pheasant)

Cheer pheasant, (C. wallichi)

The Cheer pheasants get most of their food from the ground, digging with is powerful beaks; they eat roots, tubers, bulbs, seeds, insects and other small animals.

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Common animals include the rhesus monkey, wild boar, foxes and various species of birds, including the cheer pheasant and kalij pheasant.

Among the other avifauna are Indian mynah, blue rock pigeon, Indian peafowl, red junglefowl, cheer pheasant and chakor.

In 1997, a parent flock of 40 pairs was raised and eventually reintroduction of the cheer pheasant in Hazara District was carried out.

One can see Sambar, Goral and Cheer Pheasants at Blossom and Jhaja.

In another survey in 2010, cheer pheasant was detected in 21 calling sites in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh.

The cheer pheasant, indigenous to the North West Frontier Province, is being reared in Margalla Hills as a part of conservation campaign.

Catreus wallichii (Cheer Pheasant or Wallich's Pheasant)

The cheer pheasant, (Catreus wallichii), also known as Wallich's pheasant is a vulnerable species of the pheasant family, Phasianidae.

The cheer pheasant is distributed in the highlands and scrublands of the Himalayas region of India, Nepal, Kashmir and Pakistan.

It is habitat for the endangered snow leopard, the blue sheep and many species of birds such as Himalayan monal, blood pheasant, cheer pheasant and snow partridge.

Several types of pheasants are bred, including red junglefowl (Gallus gallus), endangered cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii) and endangered kalij pheasant.

Among the other avifauna are Indian mynah, Blue Rock Pigeon, Indian Peafowl, Red Junglefowl, Cheer Pheasant and chakor.

Due to ongoing habitat loss, small population size and hunting in some areas, the cheer pheasant is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.