{"id":87891,"date":"2026-02-15T13:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T08:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=87891"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:52:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T06:22:50","slug":"cheer-pheasant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cheer-pheasant\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheer Pheasant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Cheer Pheasant Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, it is observed that hunting and habitat degradation remain the biggest threats of ground-dwelling Cheer Pheasant.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Cheer Pheasant<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known <\/span><b>as Wallich&#8217;s pheasant or chir pheasant,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> belongs to the pheasant family, Phasianidae.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is found in steep, <\/span><b>rocky hillsides studded with scrub<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, stunted trees and grassy slopes between 1,200 and 3,350 metres.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Western Himalaya from northern Pakistan through <\/span><b>Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, to central Nepal.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Characteristics of Cheer Pheasant<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cheer pheasant\u2019s nest is a <\/span><b>simple ground scrape,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tucked beneath undergrowth or sheltered by rocks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It exhibits <\/span><b>high natal philopatry\u00ad<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014individuals often return to, or remain near, the area where they were born to breed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>depends on early successional grasslands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> created by traditional grass cutting and burning\u2014practices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It depends on items such as roots, tubers, bulbs, buried seeds and possibly insect larvae and earthworms.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Conservation Status of Cheer Pheasant<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>IUCN:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Vulnerable<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>CITES:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Appendix I<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Schedule I<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/amp\/story\/wildlife-biodiversity\/on-a-slippery-slope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <strong>DTE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheer Pheasant  is also known as Wallich&#8217;s pheasant or chir pheasant, belongs to the pheasant family, Phasianidae. 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