Ten documented pheasant-family birds in licensed photographs. Comparing visible plumage, tails, crests and silhouettes. An editorial selection, not a ranking of beauty, size or rarity. Photograph credits: 1. Common pheasant; Estormiz; CC0 1.0; https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phasianus_colchicus_Oulu_20200524_02.jpg; 2. Golden pheasant; Bjørn Christian Tørrissen; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chrysolophus_pictus_walking.JPG; 3. Lady Amherst's pheasant; Sylfred1977; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chrysolophus_amherstiae_18092009.jpg; 4. Silver pheasant; MZPlus; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lophura_nycthemera_-Mauritius_-male-8a.jpg; 5. Kalij pheasant; Mprasannak; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalij_pheasant_Prasanna_Mamidala.jpg; 6. Himalayan monal; Pratap Gurung; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Himalayan_Monal_at_Sagarmatha_National_Park%2C_Nepal.jpg; 7. Temminck's tragopan; Doug Janson; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Temminck_Tragopan.jpg; 8. Reeves's pheasant; No machine-readable author provided. Stavenn assumed (based on copyright claims).; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BxZ_Syrmaticus_reevesii_00.jpg; 9. Swinhoe's pheasant; Alnus; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swinhoe%27s_Pheasant_0673.jpg; 10. Cheer pheasant; Shiv's fotografia; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheer_Pheasant_the_Silver_King_of_the_Himalayas_07.jpg;