Species: Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant

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Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Craniata

Class

Aves

Order

Galliformes

Family

Phasianidae

Genus

Phasianus

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Source:
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Classification

Other Global Common Names

Faisán de Collar - faisan de Colchide

Informal Taxonomy

Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Other Birds

Formal Taxonomy

Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Galliformes - Phasianidae - Phasianus - Sometimes considered as two separate species, P. COLCHICUS and P. VERSICOLOR. Within the COLCHICUS group, the Asiatic complex is sometimes treated as a species, P. TORQUATUS, distinct from the more western P. COLCHICUS (AOU 1983).

Ecology and Life History

Migration

true - false - false

Non-migrant

true

Locally Migrant

false

Food Comments

Eats waste corn, wheat, barley, oats, buckwheat, and seeds of ragweed, burdocks, etc.; also berries and pine seeds. In the spring eats green vegetation. Also eats some insects, mice, and snails (Terres 1980). Able to scratch through snow to reach food on the ground surface.

Reproduction Comments

Usually 10-12, sometimes 5-23 eggs are laid in one nest. Two hens may lay eggs in same nest. Incubation lasts 23-25 days. Precocial young are tended by female.

Ecology Comments

Usually ranges over no more than approximately 2-3 km (Terres 1980). In fall family groups may join and form flocks of 30-40 birds. Flocks break up in spring.

Length

Weight

1317

Conservation Status

NatureServe Global Status Rank

Global Status Last Reviewed

1996-11-25

Global Status Last Changed

1996-11-25

Other Status

LC - Least concern

Distribution

Conservation Status Map

Global Range

Native to Asia. Introduced and established in most of Europe, New Zealand, and North America; also on all main islands of Hawaii. In North America from southern Canada south locally to California, Utah, southern New Mexico, southeastern Texas, northwestern Oklahoma, southern Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. Introduced on Guam but did not become established (Reichel and Glass 1991).

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