Größe:                                                                                                                                 Flügelspannweite:

50 – 90cm                                                                                                                           70 – 90cm

Gewicht:                                                                                                                              Farbe:

700 – 1500g                                                                                                                       Hahn:

Kopf und Hals glänzend dunkelgrün

Ernährung:                                                                                                                          Halsseiten blau – violett

Beeren                                                                                                                                 rund um die Augen federlos und rot

Triebe                                                                                                                                  weißer Rand zwischen Hals und Körper

Samen                                                                                                                                  Körper kupferbraun bis rot-gold mit

Blätter                                                                                                                                  dunklen Spitzenflecken

Früchte                                                                                                                                Schulterfedern dunkles kupferrot

Würme                                                                                                                                Henne:

Kleinsäuger                                                                                                                         hellbraun/beige

Frösche                                                                                                                               Oberseite mit dunkelbraunen Flecken

Kinn, Kehle und Obere Brust leicht

Lebensraum:                                                                                                                      Rötlich

Strukturreiche, halboffenen bis offene Kulturlandschaften                                    Beide: lange, quergebänderte Schwanzfedern

Auen

Feuchtgebiete                                                                                                                    Feinde:

Fuchs

Geschlechtsreif:                                                                                                                Marder

1 Jahr                                                                                                                                   Greifvögel

Mensch

Paarungszeit:

April – Mai                                                                                                                           Brutzeit:

24 – 25 Tage

Legezeit:

Mai – Juni                                                                                                                            Lebenserwartung:

7 – 8 Jahre

Gelegegröße:

6 – 12 Eier