Animal field guide
Silver Pheasant
Lophura nycthemera
The Forest Floor Forager. The Forest Floor Forager. Value can shine quietly, even when life is mostly spent close to the ground.
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Bird · Native range keys: southeast_asia · Relatively common
Known for: Recognized in AnimalDex as Silver Pheasant, Indexed profile #1772
Understand the animal
Understand the Silver Pheasant
Factual biology first: what this animal is like, where it lives, how it survives, and why those traits exist.
Introduction to Silver Pheasant
Why?The Forest Floor Forager. The Forest Floor Forager. Value can shine quietly, even when life is mostly spent close to the ground.
How to identify a Silver Pheasant
- Recognized in AnimalDex as Silver Pheasant
- Indexed profile #1772
Adaptations and biological abilities
Why?- Recognized in AnimalDex as Silver Pheasant
- Indexed profile #1772
Why does Silver Pheasant behave this way?
Why?- Embrace your unique qualities and let them shine.
Why Native range keys: southeast_asia?
Why?Habitat: Native range keys: southeast_asia, east_asia.
Native range: Native range keys: southeast_asia, east_asia.
Native range
Natural range, not this specific capture location.
Native range keys: southeast_asia, east_asia.
Why this diet?
Why?Silver Pheasant usually eats a mixed bird diet shaped by habitat, season, and bill function. Many birds combine animal protein with seeds, fruit, or other plant material.
- Insects and other small invertebrates
- Seeds, grain, fruit, or nectar depending on species
- Occasional small vertebrates, eggs, or scavenged food
Breeding season often increases the need for protein-rich prey even in birds that eat more plant material at other times.
Conservation and rarity
Why?Rarity: Relatively common · 49/100. AnimalDex canonical rarity score: 49/100, maintained by the live indexed species profile.
- Observe from a respectful distance and avoid changing the animal's behavior.
- Do not block feeding, shelter, nesting, or travel routes.
- Use a live camera capture without handling or staging wildlife.
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Where to find them
Where to find Silver Pheasant
To find Silver Pheasant in the wild, focus on the exact habitat patches that match its body design and daily behavior, not just the broad country where it exists. You usually do better by working one good piece of habitat inside native range keys: southeast_asia, east_asia. than by covering too much ground.
- Native range keys: southeast_asia, east_asia.
- Protected habitat blocks within native range keys: southeast_asia, east_asia.
Animal field guide
Silver Pheasant
The Forest Floor Forager. Value can shine quietly, even when life is mostly spent close to the ground.
No captures yet
Native range
Natural range, not this capture location
Native range keys: southeast_asia, east_asia.
Search near meAnimalDex stats
Dominance
34
Speed
53
Size
27
Intelligence
33
Rarity
49%
Total
196
Size scale
Scientific name
Lophura nycthemera
Category
Bird
Habitat
Native range keys: southeast_asia, east_asia.
Rarity
Relatively common · 49/100
Native range
Native range keys: southeast_asia, east_asia.
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