Pheasants of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

CHEER PHEASANT (Catreus wallichii)

Cheer Pheasants inhabits highland forest and scrub lands from 4000 to 10000 thousand feet. In Pakistan they are now extinct in most of their formal ranges and reintroduction programme has been launched through comprehensive breeding program in Dhodial Pheasantry.

Avicultural Notes
Minimum aviary size	200 sq. ft. (18.5 m2)
Status in captivity	Good
Full adult size	First Year
Egg clutch size	9-12 eggs
Incubation period	26 days
Feeding habits	Normal Pheasant diet Standard Pheasant feed in Dohdial Pheasantry they are given commercial feed mainly purchased for local market with enhanced protein level with green feed.

KALIJ PHEASANT (Lophura leucomelanos)

Kalij Pheasant inhabits the southern foothills of the Himalayan mountains and ranges from Pakistan in the west, across northern India and Nepal through upper burma.

Avicultural Notes
Minimum aviary size	200 sq. ft (18.5 m2) on grass base
Status in captivity	Nepal Kalik numerous, but other subspecies
Full adult size	First Year
Egg clutch size	9-15eggs
Incubation period	24-25 days
Feeding habits	Standard Pheasant feed in Dohdial Pheasantry they are given commercial feed mainly purchased for local market with enhanced protein level with green feed.

KOKLAS PHEASANT (Pucrasia macrolopha)

Koklas has a distribution range from Afghanistan in the west to District Swat and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and extends eastward across Sirn and Kaghan valley into Kashmir. This species inhabits altitudinal range between 6000 feet and 11000 feet.

Avicultural Notes
Minimum aviary size	probably as for Satyr Tragopan
Status in captivity	1 only - rare
Full adult size	Second Year
Egg clutch size	Unknown, but probably 3-4
Incubation period	28 days
Feeding habits	primarily vegetarian with emphasis on fruit and berries Standard Pheasant feed in Dohdial Pheasantry they are given commercial feed mainly purchased for local market with enhanced protein level with green feed.

MONAL PHEASANT (Lophophorus impejanus)

In Pakistan this species occurs between 8000 and 12000 feet. It inhabits a similar but less specific habitat type to the western Tragopan. In general the western tragopan and the Himalayan Monal occupy the same blocks of the forest and can observe together.

Avicultural Notes
Minimum aviary size	400 sq. ft (37 m2) with grass base
Status in captivity	several hundred – vulnerable
Full adult size	Second Year
Egg clutch size	4-6 eggs
Incubation period	28 days
Feeding habits	largely vegetarian with emphasis on fruit and berries Standard Pheasant feed in Dohdial Pheasantry they are given commercial feed mainly purchased for local market with enhanced protein level with green feed.

TRAGOPAN PHEASANT (Tragopan melanocephalus)

The Western Tragopan is found in the west of Himalayas, between 8000 and 12000 feet. Its habitat constitute of spruce, deodar and oak forests at the upper edges of the tree line. Palas valley is housing the only viable population in Pakistan.

Avicultural Notes
Minimum aviary size	Probadly as for Satyr Tragopan
Status in captivity	1 only-rare
Full adult size	Second Year
Egg clutch size	Unknown, but probably 3-4
Incubation period	28 days
Feeding habits	Primarily vegetarian with emphasis on fruit and berries.Standard Pheasant feed in Dohdial Pheasantry they are given commercial feed mainly purchased for local market with enhanced protein level with green feed.