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The '''Mikado Pheasant''' ''(Syrmaticus mikado)'' is a [[gamebird]] in the [[pheasant]] family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. Sometimes considered an unofficial ''national bird'' of Taiwan (along with the [[Swinhoe's pheasant]] and [[Taiwan blue magpie]]), a pair of Mikado pheasants and [[Yushan National Park]], one of the areas it is known to inhabit, is depicted in the [[Fifth series of the new Taiwan dollar banknote|1000 dollar bill]] of the [[New Taiwan dollar]]. | The '''Mikado Pheasant''' ''(Syrmaticus mikado)'' is a [[gamebird]] in the [[pheasant]] family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. Sometimes considered an unofficial ''national bird'' of Taiwan (along with the [[Swinhoe's pheasant]] and [[Taiwan blue magpie]]), a pair of Mikado pheasants and [[Yushan National Park]], one of the areas it is known to inhabit, is depicted in the [[Fifth series of the new Taiwan dollar banknote|1000 dollar bill]] of the [[New Taiwan dollar]]. | ||
The long and striped tail [[feather]]s of the male were used by the [[Taiwanese aborigine]]s as a head-dress decoration. The type specimen of the pheasant comprises two such tail feathers obtained in 1906 by collector [[Walter Goodfellow]] from the head-dress of one of his porters. It was named in honour of the Emperor of Japan, of which Taiwan was occupied by. Its Chinese name, 帝雉 (''dìzhì'') also translates to "Emperor's Pheasant."<ref>Beebe (1990).</ref> | The long and striped tail [[feather]]s of the male were used by the [[Taiwanese aborigine]]s as a head-dress decoration. The type specimen of the pheasant comprises two such tail feathers obtained in 1906 by collector [[Walter Goodfellow]] from the head-dress of one of his porters. It was named in honour of the Emperor of Japan, of which Taiwan was occupied by. Its Chinese name, 帝雉 (''dìzhì'') also translates to "Emperor's Pheasant."<ref>Beebe (1990).</ref> Within the [[Taiwan]] ''(Chinese Taipei)'' it is the designate '''State bird of the Tai Nationalist [[Taiwanese Republic]]'''{{refn|name=Gcounts|group=n|''“The Official designated Nationalist State bird and Awarded Avifaunae emblem of the [[Taiwan]]ese Republic” respectively''}}. | ||
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== Notes == | |||
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[[Category:Syrmaticus|Mikado pheasant]] | [[Category:Syrmaticus|Mikado pheasant]] | ||
[[Category:Birds of Taiwan]] | [[Category:Birds of Taiwan]] | ||
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