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title: "Swinhoe's fazant"
description: "Lophura swinhoii — Vogels. Swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii), also known as the Taiwan blue pheasant, is a bird of the pheasant subfamily in the fowl family Phasianidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/swinhoe-s-pheasant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Swinhoe's fazant

> Lophura swinhoii — Vogels. Swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii), also known as the Taiwan blue pheasant, is a bird of the pheasant subfamily in the fowl family Phasianidae.

- Scientific name: *Lophura swinhoii*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 2623
- Wikidata: [Q715245](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q715245)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1094](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1094)

## Names

- en: Swinhoe's Pheasant
- de: Swinhoefasan
- es: Faisán de Swinhoe
- fr: Faisan de Swinhoe
- nl: Swinhoe's fazant
- pt: Faisão-de-swinhoe
- pl: Kiściec tajwański

## Countries with the most observations

TW (2391), NZ (3)

## Summary

Swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii), also known as the Taiwan blue pheasant, is a bird of the pheasant subfamily in the fowl family Phasianidae. It is endemic to Taiwan. Along with the Mikado pheasant and Taiwan blue magpie, two other Taiwan endemics,  Swinhoe's pheasant is sometimes considered an unofficial national symbol for Taiwan, as it bears the colours of the national flag (red, white, and blue).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinhoe%27s_pheasant

## Photo

![Swinhoe's fazant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/swinhoe-s-pheasant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/364516795

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/swinhoe-s-pheasant?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).