Wild Cheer pheasant
Description: Wild Life Wing of the state Forest Department has released Wild Cheer pheasant, an endangered Himalayan Pheasant breed in captivity near Seri village in Kasumpti Assembly constituency of district Shimla.
Cheer pheasant is an endangered Himalayan pheasant red-listed by International Union for Conservation for Nature (IUCN). The Central Zoo Authority identified the Cheer Pheasant as specie for conservation breeding with an objective to establish viable and self-sustainable population.