Kalij Pheasant

The kalij pheasant is a pheasant of forests and thickets, especially in the Himalayan foothills. Males are 63 to 74cm long and females 50 to 60cm. Males vary by subspecies but all have at least partly glossy bluish-black plumage, while females are overall brownish. Both sexes have a bare red face and greyish legs, which separates it from the red-legged silver pheasant (Wikipedia, general species account).

The subspecies divide roughly into two groups. In the western and central part of the range, males are mostly glossy blue-black, and the westernmost form has a white crest. In the eastern group, the upperparts and tail are white or pale grey, densely marked with black. The sources opened give nothing on diet or breeding, and do not say which form occurs in Bhutan.