Pheasant Bank - Pheasant Bank

…Both males and females take turns incubating and raising the chicks. Common species include the long-legged coucal C. sinensis , which lives in scrub forests and fields in southern China, South Asia, the Greater Sunda Islands, and the Philippines, the Senegalese coucal C. senegalensis , which lives in the savannahs of Africa, and the yellow-legged coucal C. phasianinus , which lives in Australia. As its name suggests, the yellow-legged coucal is very similar in shape and plumage to pheasants. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kijibanken" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…抱卵，育雛（いくすう）は雌雄交替で行う。　普通種に，中国南部，南アジア，大スンダ列島，フィリピンなどの低木林や畑にすむ，ハシナガバンケンC.sinensis，アフリカのサバンナにすむセネガルバンケンC.senegalensis，オーストラリアのキジバンケンC.phasianinusなどがある。キジバンケンは，その名のとおり，形と羽色がキジ類によく似ている。…

※「キジバンケン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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