The male also has a bluish-purplish hood with clear ear tufts, red wattles, and a long, pale grey-banded tail.

The male Pacific green pheasant, P. v. tamensis, has lighter plumage than the nominate subspecies.

The male northern green pheasant, P. v. robustipes, has the lightest plumage and its crown and mantle are more bronze than those of the other subspecies.

[4] In the wild, green pheasants eat small animals, such as worms and insects, grains and plants.

[4] The green pheasants' breeding season starts during March or April and ends in June.

[8] It is found throughout Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu as well as some smaller islands;[3] it has also been introduced in Hawaii[1] and (unsuccessfully) in North America as a gamebird.

This species has been crossed with the common pheasant on some game farms in North America and released.

On a local and national level, green pheasants are used for food, sport hunting, specimen collecting and as pets or display animals.