Ithaginis zeylonensis; Print; Blood pheasant; The blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) is the only species in genus Ithaginis of the pheasant family. This relatively small; short-tailed pheasant is widespread and fairly common in eastern Himalayas; ranging across India; Nepal; Bhutan; China and northern Myanmar. Since the trend of the population appears to be slowly decreasing; the species has been evaluated as Least Concern by IUCN in 2009.; 1788-1823