01/04/2026
Photographing a wild male Lady Amherst's Pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) has been a long-held aspiration. Despite being common in captivity worldwide, encountering one in the wild presents a much steeper challenge. The species is (naturally) restricted to parts of southern China and neighbouring Myanmar. To capture this image; we travelled in to a remote village in south Sichuan and visited a dedicated blind where these normally shy birds have become habituated.
