copper pheasant

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q731600
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Summary

copper pheasant is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,949 views/month, #1,576 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Named after: Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Near Threatened[5], Least Concern[6]
  • Parent taxon: Syrmaticus[7]
  • Endemic to: Japan[8]
  • Taxon name: Syrmaticus soemmerringii[9]
  • Commons category: Syrmaticus soemmerringii[10]
  • Commons gallery: Syrmaticus soemmerringii[11]
  • Described by source: Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux[12]
  • Short name: S. soemmerringii[13]
  • Taxon common name: Меден фазан[14], faisà de coure[15], bažant měděný[16], Kobberfasan[17], Kupferfasan[18], Copper pheasant[19], Faisán cobrizo[20], vaskfaasan[21], kuparifasaani[22], Faisan scintillant[23], פסיון נחושת[24], japanski fazan[25], rézfácán[26], Fagiano ramato[27]
  • Type locality (biology): Japan[28]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[29]
  • Taxon author citation: (Temminck, 1830)[30]

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Identifiers

copper pheasant's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 1159[31]. copper pheasant's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9067[32]. copper pheasant's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2473484[33]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 176097[34] and 677553[35].

Why It Matters

copper pheasant has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Birds of the World. Retrieved . birdsoftheworld.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . BirdLife International. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [33] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Avibase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . Avibase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 176097, 677553
    Sitelink count → 34
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ban', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Described by source → Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux
    Named after → Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring
    Taxon rank → species
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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