- Series: Pheasants
- Country: North Korea
- Year: 1976-05-05
- Emission: Commemorative
- Perforation: comb 13
- Printing: Offset lithography
- Size: 52 x 34 mm
- Face value: 2 North Korean chon
- Number of catalogue Michel: KP 1500
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016
The golden pheasant
The golden pheasant or Chinese pheasant, (Chrysolophus pictus) is a gamebird of the order Galliformes (gallinaceous birds) and the family Phasianidae (pheasants). It is native to forests in mountainous areas of western China, but feral populations have been established in the Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand.