Notes on the Natural Hybridization of Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus and Lady Amherst′s Pheasant C. amherstiae in Anzihe Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province
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    The Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) and Lady Amherst′s Pheasant (C. amherstiae) are mainly distributed in China, with partial overlap in central to southern Sichuan and northeastern Yunnan Provinces. Although the hybrids of the two species recorded in captive for a long time, natural hybridization in wild is rarely reported. On October 14, 2016, during the camera-trapping survey at Anzihe Nature Reserve of Sichuan Province (Fig. 1), we recorded an adult Chrysolophus male who represents chimeric morphological characteristics from both C. pictus and C. amherstiae and was recognized as a natural hybrid of the two species (Fig. 2). Natural hybridization of Chrysolophus pheasants is scarce and has not been well studied. Our results confirmed that the southeastern Qionglai Mountains is one of the overlapping regions between the two Chrysolophus species. It provided basic data for future research of speciation history of the Chrysolophus species.

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SHI Xiao-Yun, 付强, 王磊, 蒋泽银, 施小刚,LI Sheng. 2018. Notes on the Natural Hybridization of Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus and Lady Amherst′s Pheasant C. amherstiae in Anzihe Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 53(4): 660-663.

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  • Received:January 22,2018
  • Revised:April 02,2018
  • Adopted:July 06,2018
  • Online: July 16,2018
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