The wild nature of Vietnam not only has rare animals and there are many beautiful animals that are very eye-catching. Among them are the wild chickens.
White pheasant, scientific name is Lophura nycthemera, this is really a heavyweight candidate for the title of Miss chicken forest in Vietnam. White pheasant is a large bird, about 125cm long, red-faced, red-legged, white with gray stripes. The male must take 2 years from the time of maturity to mature, with white, long tail.
They live in evergreen forests in primary and secondary forms with elevations of 500m or more, but scientists also encounter white pheasants living at altitudes of 500 – 1,000m and on high mountain tops from 1,200 – 1,800m. They forage on the ground and sleep in the trees.
The purple pheasant, Tragopan temminckii, is a medium-sized pheasant with a body length of about 64cm, belonging to the genus Tragopan. The male purple pheasant belongs to the list of the most beautiful chickens in Vietnam due to its extremely attractive appearance. Adult males have beautiful colorful fur such as: red fire, reddish brown and dark brown. Most in the middle of the hair are large blue-gray streaks. The eyes are brown, the bill is black, the skin is around the blue eyes, the blue bib is reddish, the feet are pink.
Young males about a year old are similar to females but are slightly larger in size. The female has a black and white streak, which looks a bit coarser than a male but is still very beautiful. The skin around the eyes is slightly bluish. In Vietnam, people only discovered purple pheasant in Lao Cai, the area near Sapa, on a height of 2,000 – 3,000m. This species is endemic to Vietnam and has been included in the Vietnam Red Book.
The Edwards’s Pheasant, the scientific name is Lophura edwardsi, is a species of Pheasantian (Phasianidae), endemic to the tropical rainforest areas of Vietnam. This wild chicken possesses mysterious beauty with dark blue color. The hairline on the top of the head is white. Coat at back, wing, wing cover and tail is black with light blue steel. The tail feathers in the middle are pointed, shorter in the next pairs.. The face is purple, forming small water on the sides of the forehead. Orange eyes. Yellowish or horn-shaped green beak.Burgundy legs.
Discovered for the first time discovered at a height of 50 – 200m secondary forest belonging to dense forest around limestone mountains between Quang Binh and Quang Tri provinces of Central Vietnam, this rare and precious forest chicken immediately established. I mean, I got into the Vietnam Red Book.
Zebra pheasant, scientific name is Lophura nycthemera annamensis. With a proud long crested and beautiful, contrasting plumage, the zebra pheasant deserves to be among the top wild beauty chickens in Vietnam. The chin, throat and ventral face are black, along or along the neck is a wide, white band, long hairs on the chest and ribs, both white and black.
The back has slender black veins alternating with white veins, each feather has about 6 to 7 narrow white veins. Black wings with a few white veins, the soft tail has many narrow white veins. Orange or yellow eyes.Black or gray horn mines. The skin around the eyes is bright red, the legs are purple. Currently, this beautiful stripe pheasant is distributed in the South Central forests, Lam Vien Plateau in the North of Pleiku and the Northeast of the South East. This is the endemic bird of our country.
Purple-pheasant pheasant, scientific name is Lopura diardi is a pheasant of the genus Lophura, an animal genus in the Pheasantidae (Phasianidae). This is one of the wild chicken species possessing thousands of people love, not only in Vietnam, this species also impresses the whole world with its “beauty”. Adult males have a crest from 70 to 90mm long, often upright, in black with metallic blue. The head, chin, throat are black and the lower back is metallic gold. The hips and tail are steel blue and burgundy, the rest of the coat is generally blue.
Adult females do not have crests but the hairs on their heads are longer. The tail is straight and well rounded. The coat is generally brown, in the abdomen with pale scales, reddish-brown facial hair. facial skin and red legs. Purple-hipped pheasant is often found in various forest types and shrubs, including open areas, along the way. The height of the distribution area is less than 750m, it is small or small and only distributed from the provinces from Ha Tinh to the South. This species is included in the Vietnam Red Book.
The red-haired wild chicken, its scientific name is Gallus gallus, is one of four chickens in the wild chicken genus, the subfamily Phasianinae, and the Phasianidae family. Possessing beautiful and extremely outstanding fur, the red-feathered wild chicken is one of the most popular Miss Chicken Forest nominees.This is a large wild chicken with a wingspan of 200-250mm long, weighing 1-1.5kg. Male red-haired chickens have head-hair, orange-red neck, dark red back and wings alternating with unique neck-necked green, abdomen chest and black tail, the base of the tail has impressive white hairs. The hen is smaller and the body is dull brown. The eyes are brown or orange, the horns are gray or lead gray, the flesh is red, the legs are light gray.
Red-haired wild chickens are settled and found in many forest types, of which the most suitable habitat is the secondary forest areas near the upland fields or the forest of mixed wood and bamboo species. They are wild chickens that live in flocks, operating at two times of the day, early morning and late afternoon. In the evening they will look to the trees under 5m high with large canopy to sleep. Their favorite reclining place is in shrubs and cork, with many trees falling horizontally.
