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Phasianus
Sign in to saveThe "typical" pheasant genus Phasianus in the family Phasianidae consists of two species. The genus name is Latin for pheasant.
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Phasianus is a genus of birds within the family Phasianidae. It belongs to the order Galliformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata in the kingdom Animalia. The taxon was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is currently accepted. Its parent taxa include Phasianinae and Phasianini. The genus has existed for about 5 million years.
Records for Phasianus are held by institutions including ROM, CRCM, CMNH, BSNS, and USNM. These records originate from Canada, the United States, India, Belgium, and locations with unknown locality. A total of 3,428,596 occurrences have been documented, alongside 157 specific records and 10 media items.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGalliformes
- FamilyPhasianidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 157
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Collections
- ROM, CRCM, CMNH, BSNS, USNM, YPM
- Recorded in
- Canada, United States, Locality Unknown, India, Belgium, Japan, Sweden
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
- Sexual selection
- References
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The "typical" pheasant genus Phasianus in the family Phasianidae consists of two species. The genus name is Latin for pheasant.
==Taxonomy== The genus Phasianus was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. The genus name is Latin for "pheasant" deriving from Ancient Greek φἀσιἀνος, phāsiānos, meaning "(bird) of the Phasis", Phasis being the old name for the Rioni flowing downstream the east Colchian coast of the Black Sea (now western Georgia), where Argonauts set foot on its banks and found such birds there. The type species of the genus is the common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus).
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