Green Pheasant, the Japanese National Animal

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Today, I would like to tell to all of you about Green Pheasant.

picture source: wikipedia

That was how Green Pheasant look like. Green Pheasant or usually known as Japanese Green Pheasant was the national animal of Japan that declarated on 1947,  it scientific name was Phasianus versicolor. It was a member of Phasianideae family, here is the complete scientific classification according to wikipedia:

• Kingdom : Animalia
• Phylum : Chordata
• Class : Aves
• Order : Galliformes
• Family : Phasianideae
• Genus : Phasianus
• Species : P. versicolor

Green Pheasant usually found in Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku in Japan and sometimes can be found in Hawaii.But, the natural or pure Green Pheasant can only found in Japan, the species that found outside Japan has been crossed with Common Pheasant or other Pheasant species.

Green Pheasant have a same life cycle as Wild and Common Pheasant, Green Pheasant usually nest in spring, then it'll brooding in summer, when fall come Green Pheasant will fatten itself for preparation to encounter winter, in fall too there will be a hunting day for Green Pheasant in Japan it was a legal activity there as long as someone not kill female pheasant and kill more than 2 pheasant.

Green Pheasant have special characteristic that make it different form other pheasants, it was the metallic green color at its feather. It usually have 53cm-62cm length with 21cm-24cm wings length and 0.8kg-1.2kg of weight. Green Pheasant also very sensitive to earth tremor, which make it serve as a marker for the coming of an earthquake that also make it a unique animal.

It was all that I can tell about Green Pheasant, thanks for reading!



Questions

1. The natural green pheasant could only be found in...
   A. Hawaii
   B. Japan
   C. North America
   D. Alaska

2. Green pheasant was declarated as Japanese national animal on...
   A. 1927
   B. 1987
   C. 1917
   D. 1947

3. When spring came, green pheasant usually...
   A. Fighting
   B. Breeding
   C. Nesting
   D. Eating

4. The difference between the common pheasant and the green pheasant is...
   A. Feather color
   B. Body size
   C. Hair color
   D. Skin color

5. Green pheasant is very sensitive with...
   A. Earth thermal
   B. Earth tremor
   C. Earth shake
   D. Earth