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Common Pheasant

Also known as Phasianus colchicus, Pheasant, ring-necked pheasant

species of bird

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The Common Pheasant is a large, colorful game bird native to Asia that has been introduced to many parts of the world, including Europe and North America, where it thrives in open woodlands and grasslands. It matters because it is widely hunted for sport and food, making it economically important, and its presence in non-native regions has significant ecological effects on local wildlife and habitats.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Subclass of: poultry
Parent taxon: Phasianus
Image: 00 4488 Hühnervogel - Edelfasan.jpg

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taxon rank: species
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
taxon name: Phasianus colchicus
Commons category: Phasianus colchicus
Commons gallery: Phasianus colchicus
wingspan: 68.1
litter size: 9.9
described by source: Pauly–Wissowa
sequenced genome URL: www.ensembl.org/Phasianus_colchicus
taxon common name: faisão-de-colar
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
taxon range: Africa
main food source: insect
invasive to: Australia
habitat: Taiwan
has characteristic: omnivore
diel cycle: diurnality
represents: Wonju
official symbol: Hanam
short name: P. colchicus

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Encyclopedic overview

Male of hybrid stock in PolandNote thin white neck-band due to a ring-necked subspecies' contribution to hybrid gene pool

The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), ring-necked pheasant, or blue-headed pheasant, is a bird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae). The genus name comes from Latin phasianus 'pheasant'. The species name colchicus is Latin for 'of Colchis' (modern day Georgia), a country on the Black Sea where pheasants became known to Europeans. Although Phasianus was previously thought to be closely related to the genus Gallus, the genus of junglefowl and domesticated chickens, recent studies show that they are in different subfamilies, having diverged over 20 million years ago.

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