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The Mikado Pheasant

The Mikado Pheasant

Lin Min-hsuan　/　photos by Lin Min-hsuan　/　tr. by Phil Newell

April 2022

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Mikado pheasant animal preservation Phasianidae
Ecology／Conservation Conservation Animals Photography

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