2021 Bonanza Bird #1

Spotlight on the Vietnam Pheasant: An Endangered Rainforest Species

November 16, 2021 in Pheasants and Birdorable Bonanza 2021 with 2 comments

This post was last updated on January 24, 2024

How can a year both fly by and drag on? Can we all agree that 2021 has been an interesting one? As the weeks wind down, it's time for us here at Birdorable to share a flock of new birds in quick succession. Today marks the start of our 2021 Bonanza! For the next 11 days we'll reveal a brand new Birdorable bird species each day.

And so our 13th annual Birdorable Bonanza kicks off with a critically endangered species found in Asia. Welcome the Vietnam Pheasant to the Birdorable family!

The Vietnam Pheasant is endemic to rainforest habitat in parts of Vietnam. Rare in the wild, the species is part of a cooperative breeding and reintroduction program between several different conservation organizations.

The Vietnam Pheasant joins Birdorable today as our 755th species!

Vietnam Pheasant by cuatrok77 (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Tomorrow we'll add a black and white species of duck to Birdorable. This Old World bird has a simple four-letter name. Can you guess the duck?

Cute Vietnam Pheasant Gifts

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Birdorable Vietnam Pheasant | Cartoon Endangered Bird Sweatshirt

Comments

saddle billed stork on September 20, 2024 at 3:18 AM wrote:

Birdorable,can you add a species of pheasant called the palawan peacock pheasant.The males are a striking array of blue black and a bit of red

Spurwing Plover on January 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM wrote:

Pheasants are some of the more Colorful Birds there is

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