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{{short description|Species of bird}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Mrs. Hume's pheasant
| image = Imgl0019.jpg
| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Syrmaticus humiae'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22679330A92810936 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679330A92810936.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| status2 = CITES_A1
| status2_system = CITES
| status2_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref>
| genus = Syrmaticus
| species = humiae
| authority = [[Allan Octavian Hume|Hume]], 1881
| range_map =Distribution syrmaticus humiae.png
}}
'''Mrs. Hume's pheasant''' ('''''Syrmaticus humiae''''') ({{lang-mni|Nongin}}; literally, ''"one who follows the track of rain"''<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kaushik |first1=Alankar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9vx8EAAAQBAJ&dq=nongin&pg=PA144 |title=Narratives and New Voices from India: Cases of Community Development for Social Change |last2=Suchiang |first2=Abir |date=2022-07-21 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-981-19-2496-5 |pages=144 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nongin the State bird of Manipur By Sanasam Yaiphaba |url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=education.Science_and_Technology.Nongin_the_State_bird_of_Manipur_By_Sanasam_Yaiphaba |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=StateBirdNongin|url=http://www.manenvis.nic.in/Database/StateBirdNongin_3355.aspx?format=Print|website=manenvis.nic.in}}</ref>), also known as '''Hume's pheasant''' or the '''bar-tailed pheasant''', is a large, up to 90 cm long, forest [[pheasant]] with a greyish brown head, bare red facial skin, chestnut brown plumage, yellowish [[beak|bill]], brownish orange [[Iris (anatomy)|iris]], white wingbars and metallic blue neck feathers. The male has a long greyish white, barred black and brown tail. The female is a chestnut brown bird with whitish throat, buff color belly and white-tipped tail. E.

This rare and little known pheasant is found throughout forested habitats of the [[Mizoram]], [[Patkai Range]], [[Manipur]], [[Yunnan]] and northern parts of [[Myanmar]] and [[Thailand]]. The diet consists mainly of vegetation matters. The female lays three to twelve creamy white eggs in nest of leaves, twigs and feathers.
[[File:Hume’sPheasant.jpg|thumb|left|Doi Lang Mountain - Thailand]]
The name commemorates Mary Ann Grindall Hume, wife of the [[United Kingdom|British]] naturalist in India [[Allan Octavian Hume]]. It is the state bird of [[Mizoram]] and [[Manipur]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tourism.mizoram.gov.in/loc/38 |title=Murlen Naltional Park, Champhai District |website=Mizoram Tourism |publisher=Department of Tourism, Government of Mizoram |access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur/manipur-initiative-conserve-state-bird-mrs-humes-pheasant.html |title=Manipur initiative to conserve state bird Mrs Hume's Pheasant |website=Northeast Now |access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref>

Owing to ongoing [[habitat destruction|habitat loss]], fragmented population and being hunted for food, the Mrs. Hume's pheasant is evaluated as Near Threatened on the [[IUCN Red List]] of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix I of [[CITES]].

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=268&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]

{{Phasianidae}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q852185}}

[[Category:Syrmaticus|Mrs. Hume's pheasant]]
[[Category:Birds of the Patkai]]
[[Category:Birds of Myanmar]]
[[Category:Birds of Yunnan]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1881|Mrs. Hume's pheasant]]
[[Category:Symbols of Manipur]]
[[Category:Symbols of Mizoram]]

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