With the alias of blue pheasant, it belongs to the Phasianidae family of Galliformes order. Its scientific name is Lophura swinhoii (Latin), or Swinhoe's Blue Pheasant (English).    

Its full-length is about 80 centimeters. The male's crista and back are white, and the feathers of rest part of upper body and lower body are black with blue metallic luster. The scapular is henna. The naked cheek and caruncle are red. Except that the central pair is white, the rest of rectrices are black with blue luster. The feet are ponceau. Body feathers of the female are mainly henna, mixed with black lines and yellow spots.

It mainly inhabits in upland primal broadleaf forests at an elevation of 2,000 to 2,300 meters, occasionally seen in dense jungles at low elevation. Its breeding season is from March to July, and nests are built on the ground with thin branches and dry leaves. It lays 5 to 8 eggs per brood, which are straw yellow without spots.

Swinhoe's Blue Pheasant is endemic to Taiwan Island. It has been listed in Appendix I of International Trade Convention on Endangered Wild Animal and Plant Species.