Crossoptilon mantchuricum; Print; The brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum) is a large; 96- to 100-cm-long; dark brown pheasant endemic to the mountain forests of northeastern China (Shanxi and nearby provinces). It has stiff white ear coverts behind the eyes; which look like a moustache. The crown is black with red bare facial skin and its tail of twenty-two elongated white feathers is curved; loose and dark-tipped. Both sexes are similar in plumage.; 1867