{"id":43192,"date":"2013-07-23T03:14:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T01:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/copper-pheasant-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-nt\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:15:42","slug":"copper-pheasant-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-nt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/threatened-bird-species\/nt-near-threatened\/copper-pheasant-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-nt\/","title":{"rendered":"Copper Pheasant Syrmaticus soemmerringii"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Copper Pheasant is a very beautiful but shy bird endemic to Japan. It occupies a very different habitat to the Green Pheasant, being only found in hilly or mountainous forests with lots of leaf litter or undergrowth. There are several distinct subspecies differing slightly in appearance and separated by range.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet:  Copper Pheasant Syrmaticus soemmerringii <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-368-43192\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3203\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/copper-pheasant-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-nt\/copper-pheasant-male-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-soemmerringii-john-a-wright-6319.jpg\" title=\"A male Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii soemmerringii) on a mountain in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"A male Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii soemmerringii) on a mountain in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan.\" alt=\"Copper Pheasant (male)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/copper-pheasant-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_copper-pheasant-male-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-soemmerringii-john-a-wright-6319.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Copper Pheasant (male)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3202\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/copper-pheasant-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-nt\/copper-pheasant-male-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-soemmerringii-john-a-wright-6310.jpg\" title=\"A male Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii soemmerringii) on a mountain in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"A male Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii soemmerringii) on a mountain in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan.\" alt=\"Copper Pheasant (male)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/copper-pheasant-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_copper-pheasant-male-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-soemmerringii-john-a-wright-6310.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Copper Pheasant (male)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3201\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/copper-pheasant-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-nt\/copper-pheasant-male-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-soemmerringii-john-a-wright-6302.jpg\" title=\"A male Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii soemmerringii) on a mountain in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"A male Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii soemmerringii) on a mountain in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan.\" alt=\"Copper Pheasant (male)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/copper-pheasant-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_copper-pheasant-male-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-soemmerringii-john-a-wright-6302.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Copper Pheasant (male)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3200\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/copper-pheasant-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-nt\/copper-pheasant-male-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-soemmerringii-john-a-wright-6299.jpg\" title=\"A male Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii soemmerringii) on a mountain in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"A male Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii soemmerringii) on a mountain in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan.\" alt=\"Copper Pheasant (male)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/copper-pheasant-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_copper-pheasant-male-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-soemmerringii-john-a-wright-6299.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Copper Pheasant (male)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3199\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/copper-pheasant-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-nt\/copper-pheasant-female-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-soemmerringii-john-a-wright-6327.jpg\" title=\"A female Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii soemmerringii) on a mountain in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"A female Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii soemmerringii) on a mountain in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan.\" alt=\"Copper Pheasant (female)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/copper-pheasant-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_copper-pheasant-female-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-soemmerringii-john-a-wright-6327.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Copper Pheasant (female)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3198\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/copper-pheasant-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-nt\/copper-pheasant-female-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-john-a-wright-8434.jpg\" title=\"A female Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii soemmerringii) foraging on a mountain in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan.\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"A female Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii soemmerringii) foraging on a mountain in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan.\" alt=\"Copper Pheasant (female)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/copper-pheasant-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-nt\/thumbs\/thumbs_copper-pheasant-female-syrmaticus-soemmerringii-john-a-wright-8434.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Copper Pheasant (female)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Copper Pheasant is a very beautiful but shy bird endemic to Japan. It occupies a very different habitat to the Green Pheasant, being only found in hilly or mountainous forests with lots of leaf litter or undergrowth. There are several distinct subspecies differing slightly in appearance and separated by range. Factsheet: Copper Pheasant Syrmaticus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":837616,"parent":42877,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43192","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43192\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}