{"id":87891,"date":"2026-10-21T12:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=87891"},"modified":"2026-10-21T18:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:40:54","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 was observed that Himachal Pradesh raised the survival rate of reintroduced cheer pheasants from 11.11% in 2019-20 to 100% in 2024-25.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Cheer Pheasant <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known as <\/span><b>Wallich\u2019s pheasant or chir pheasant,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> belonging to the pheasant family, <\/span><b>Phasianidae.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is found in steep, rocky hillsides studded with scrub, stunted trees and grassy slopes between 1,200 and 3,350 metres.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is mainly found in <\/span><b>Western Himalaya from northern Pakistan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through <\/span><b>Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, to central Nepal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Characteristics of Cheer Pheasant<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cheer pheasant\u2019s nest is a simple ground scrape, tucked beneath <\/span><b>undergrowth or sheltered by rocks.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>exhibits high natal philopatry<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ad\u2014individuals often return to, or remain near, the area where they were born to breed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><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><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<\/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 Red List:<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wildlife-protection-act\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972<\/a>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Schedule I<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/science\/wildlife\/himachal-pradesh-raises-the-survival-rate-of-reintroduced-cheer-pheasants-from-11-11-in-2019-20-to-100-in-2024-25-the-breeding-programme-uses-parent-rearing-transmitters-and-camera-traps-to-monitor-released-birds\/articleshow\/135026947.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheer Pheasant is also known as Wallich\u2019s pheasant or chir pheasant, belonging to the pheasant family, Phasianidae. 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