Listen to the Koklass pheasant
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About the Koklass pheasant
The Koklass pheasant is a bird in the family Phasianidae (order Galliformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 1.3 kg.
What does the Koklass pheasant sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha) is a species of gamebird, being closely related to progenitive grouse that lived during the Miocene. They are distantly related to pheasants and are most closely related to grouse and turkeys. Koklass are the only species in the monotypic genus Pucrasia. Both the words koklass and pucrasia have been onomatopœically derived from the bird's territorial call.
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Frequently asked questions
What does a Koklass pheasant sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Koklass pheasant on this page, including its call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Koklass pheasant endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Koklass pheasant as “least concern”.
What family does the Koklass pheasant belong to?
The Koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha) belongs to the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Bhulkan, Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India by Mandar Bhagat – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q899810 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Koklass pheasant – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by egorbirder – CC BY 4.0