---
title: "Faisão-mikado"
description: "Syrmaticus mikado — Aves. The Mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado) is a species of gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/mikado-pheasant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Faisão-mikado

> Syrmaticus mikado — Aves. The Mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado) is a species of gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.

- Scientific name: *Syrmaticus mikado*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `mountains` (Montanhas)
- iNaturalist observations: 1169
- Wikidata: [Q715266](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q715266)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1158](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1158)

## Names

- en: Mikado Pheasant
- de: Mikadofasan
- es: Faisán Mikado
- fr: Faisan mikado
- nl: Mikadofazant
- pt: Faisão-mikado
- pl: Bażant tajwański

## Countries with the most observations

TW (1110)

## Summary

The Mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado) is a species of gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. Sometimes considered an unofficial national bird of Taiwan (along with the Swinhoe's pheasant and Taiwan blue magpie), a pair of Mikado pheasants and Yushan National Park, one of the areas it is known to inhabit, is depicted in the 1000 dollar bill of the New Taiwan dollar.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikado_pheasant

## Photo

![Faisão-mikado](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mikado-pheasant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Holle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336321352

## Machine access

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