The Mikado Pheasant is endemic to mountainous regions of Taiwan.

The reverse of the banknote features the Mikado Pheasant and Jade Mountain.

They are namely species of Swinhoe and Mikado pheasants that are almost extinct in rest of the parts of the world.

Mikado Pheasant, (S. mikado)

The Taiwan Blue Magpie defeated the Mikado Pheasant and was chosen as Taiwan's national bird, though it has yet to be formally accepted.

Goodfellow's best-known ornithological achievement was the scientific discovery of the Mikado Pheasant in the central mountain ranges of Taiwan and its introduction to aviculture.

The Mikado Pheasant, Syrmaticus mikado, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.

The Mikado Pheasant is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

At some point during the Pliocene - probably around 2.8 mya during the Piacenzian - the ancestors of the Mikado Pheasant (S. mikado) settled Taiwan, apparently during the period when that island separated from the mainland and alternated between being a peninsula and an island for some time.