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Chinese Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus torquatus

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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Germany · 176Netherlands · 18United Kingdom · 9