Great green pheasants

The great green pheasant is a handsome bird. Females and their immature offspring sport lustrous bronze-green plumage. Emerald green feathers and long, trailing tail plumes adorn the male. The cocks are famous for their ferocious duels over potential mates: they rush at each other fiercely, broadsiding their rivals in clouds of emerald green down, until one or the other retreats, exhausted and bedraggled. Great green pheasants, like the grass grouse, are considered tasty, but this larger bird must be hung before eating, as it is tougher (in every way) than the passive grass grouse.