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native pheasant
Leipoa Lei*po"a (l[-i]*p[=o]"[.a]), n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant. Note: It makes large mounds of sand and vegetable material, in which its eggs are laid to be hatched by the heat of the decomposing mass.

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- po****tions, the pheasant genera native range is restricted to Eurasia. The classification "pheasant" is paraphyletic, as birds referred to as pheasants are included...
- The common pheasant (Phasi**** colchicus) is a bird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae). The genus name comes from Latin phasi****, "pheasant". The species...
- The green pheasant (Phasi**** versicolor), also known as the ****anese green pheasant, is an omnivorous bird native to the ****anese archipelago, to which...
- The golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus), also known as the Chinese pheasant, and rainbow pheasant, is a gamebird of the order Galliformes (gallinaceous...
- (Lophophorus impej****), also called Impeyan monal and Impeyan pheasant, is a pheasant native to Himalayan forests and shrublands at elevations of 2,100–4...
- in 1828. Lady Amherst's pheasant is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The species is native to southwestern China and...
- Chinese pheasant can refer to any pheasant species originally native to China. Usually it means either: Common pheasant (Phasi**** colchicus) which including...
- Elliot's pheasant (Syrmaticus ellioti) is a large pheasant native to south-eastern China. Males are up to 80 cm (31 in) long; they are brown and white...
- Pheasant shooting is the activity of shooting the common pheasant. It takes place in the United Kingdom, and is practised in other parts of the world...
- The pheasant cuckoo (Dromococcyx phasianellus) is a species of neotropical cuckoo in the subfamily Neomorphinae of the family Cuculidae. It is native to...