ヤマドリ

noun

copper pheasant

Only with reading ヤマドリ / やまどり

A specific bird species (Syrmaticus soemmerringii) endemic to Japan. Usually written in kana.

• ヤマドリは日本にほんの固こ有ゆう種しゅだ。

  The copper pheasant is a species endemic to Japan.

noun

mountain bird

General term for birds that live in the mountains. Rarely used; the reading さんちょう is obsolete.

• 「山やま鳥どり」をさんちょうと読よむのは古ふるい言いい方かただ。

  Reading 山鳥 as さんちょう is an old-fashioned usage.