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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Phasianidae.

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Examples

  • The cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichi, VU), with a range primarily limited to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir regions, is declining due to loss of habitat.

    Biological diversity in the Himalayas 2008

  • The Western Himalaya EBA has 11 species restricted to it, including the Himalayan quail as well as the cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii, VU) and the western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus, VU).

    Biological diversity in the Himalayas 2008

  • In the cheer-pheasant (_Catreus wellichi_) both sexes have a long crest, like that of the kalij, and a red patch of skin round the eye.

    Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

  • Sun and had four sons with her, Catreus, Deucalion, Glaucus and Androgeus as well as four daughters, Acalle, Xenodice, Ariadne and Phaedra.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Sun and had four sons with her, Catreus, Deucalion, Glaucus and Androgeus as well as four daughters, Acalle, Xenodice, Ariadne and Phaedra.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • He married Pasiphae, daughter of the [[Sun]] and had four sons with her, Catreus, Deucalion, Glaucus and Androgeus as well as four daughters, Acalle, Xenodice, Ariadne and Phaedra.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Sun and had four sons with her, Catreus, Deucalion, Glaucus and Androgeus as well as four daughters, Acalle, Xenodice, Ariadne and Phaedra.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Family Common Name Species Phasianidae Chestnut-breasted partridge Arborophila mandellii Phasianidae Cheer pheasant Catreus wallichi Timaliidae Ludlow's fulvetta Alcippe ludlowi Turdidae Rusty-bellied shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra Timaliidae Elliot's laughingthrush Garrulax elliotii Timaliidae Immaculate wren-babbler Pnoepyga immaculata Timaliidae Snowy-throated babbler Stachyris oglei Timaliidae Hoary-throated barwing Actinodura nipalensis Timaliidae Spiny babbler Turdoides nipalensis Timaliidae Mishmi wren-babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis Phasianidae Western tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.

    Himalayan subtropical pine forests 2008

  • Some of these include the western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus), Satyr tragopan (Tragopan satyra), Koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha), Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus), and Cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichi).

    Western Himalayan broadleaf forests 2007

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