It's brown because it's brown, blue ones are grey (if you see what I mean). Moreover the brown colour is graduated, darker at the head and paler near the tail, which is not shown in the photo; the blue-grey is much more uniform.
The 'ears' are always white, except of course in the white eared which hardly has 'ears' at all
I've seen that one too and though I don't like the recent proliferation of hyphenated common names that has taken hold in the birding world (especially for warblers and the like) I must admit that I do quite appreciate Eared-pheasant for, as you say, clarity.
It's brown because it's brown, blue ones are grey (if you see what I mean). Moreover the brown colour is graduated, darker at the head and paler near the tail, which is not shown in the photo; the blue-grey is much more uniform.
Of course I'll take your word for it, though I can't see any Brown on this bird at all. The only easy one of these for me is the White Eared because its mostly White.
Of course I'll take your word for it, though I can't see any Brown on this bird at all. The only easy one of these for me is the White Eared because its mostly White.
I wish to submit further evidence, Your Honour, in the form of Exhibit B. This is a photo taken of one of the pheasants in the same aviary less than 24 hours after mine above (Exhibit A) which My Learned Friend cordell21, who I have never met, posted a little before mine. I think there are a trio of these pheasants in this aviary, so there is a 3 to 1 chance that it shows the same bird. Exhibit B
The Defence rests
