Mrs. Hume's pheasant

Mrs. Hume's pheasant
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Syrmaticus
Species:
S. humiae
Binomial name
Syrmaticus humiae
(Hume, 1881)

Mrs. Hume's pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae) (Meitei: Nongin; literally, "one who follows the track of rain",[3][4][5] Mizo: Vavu), also known as Hume's pheasant or the bar-tailed pheasant, is a large forest pheasant. It is the state bird of the Indian states of Mizoram and Manipur. The name commemorates Mary Ann Grindall Hume, wife of the British naturalist Allan Octavian Hume, one of the key founders of the Indian National Congress.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Syrmaticus humiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22679330A92810936. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679330A92810936.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Kaushik, Alankar; Suchiang, Abir (2022-07-21). Narratives and New Voices from India: Cases of Community Development for Social Change. Springer Nature. p. 144. ISBN 978-981-19-2496-5.
  4. ^ "Nongin the State bird of Manipur By Sanasam Yaiphaba". e-pao.net. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  5. ^ "StateBirdNongin". manenvis.nic.in.

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