The female is brown marked with yellow, arrow-shaped spots and complex barring patterns, and has maroon outer rectrices.

Swinhoe's pheasant is found in the mountains of central Taiwan, where it lives in primary broadleaf forest up to 2,300 m in elevation.

[1] Swinhoe's pheasant eats seeds, fruits, and some insects and other animal matter.

This pheasant has a small population in a limited range that is shrinking due to habitat degradation.

Often they are fed by bird photographers, which has considered a controversial practice by some conservationists and liable to a fine by park officials.