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Common Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Classification

Class
Aves

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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 363,836United Kingdom · 327,878Netherlands · 205,651Belgium · 136,987Sweden · 117,892Denmark · 89,943Canada · 88,454France · 62,680Germany · 62,409Italy · 14,994Austria · 10,137Spain · 8,667Ireland · 7,087Norway · 5,372Portugal · 1,182Switzerland · 544Mexico · 510Chile · 412Luxembourg · 396Brazil · 3Cuba · 3Argentina · 2