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Species
Least ConcernGreen Pheasant
species
Observations2,134
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 830
- Image
- Phasianus versicolor female.JPG
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- taxon name
- Phasianus versicolor
- Commons category
- Phasianus versicolor
- Commons gallery
- Phasianus versicolor
- taxon common name
- japonski fazan
- egg incubation period
- 25
- litter size
- 8
- short name
- P. versicolor
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The green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), also known as the Japanese green pheasant or Kiji, is an omnivorous bird native to the Japanese archipelago, to which it is endemic. Some taxonomic authorities consider it a subspecies of the common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus. It is the national bird of Japan.
Taxonomy and systematics
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