- amherstiae)
Typical pheasants (genus Phasi****)
Green pheasant (P. versicolor)
Common pheasant (P. colchicus)
Caucasus pheasants, Phasi**** colchicus...
- phasi**** '
pheasant'. The
species name
colchicus is
Latin for 'of Colchis' (modern day Georgia), a
country on the
Black Sea
where pheasants became known...
- Most
golden pheasants in
Great Britain have at
least traces of
ancestry from
hybridization with Lady Amherst's
pheasants.
Golden pheasants were introduced...
- (long-tailed
pheasants)
Chrysolophus Gray, 1834 (ruffed
pheasants) Phasi**** Linnaeus, 1758 (true
pheasants)
Catreus Cabanis, 1851 (cheer
pheasant) Crossoptilon...
-
including the ring-necked
pheasants. This
usage is most
common in the
United States where the bird is
widely naturalized.
Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)...
-
Pheasants Forever, Inc. (PF), a 501(c)(3) non-profit
conservation organization, is
dedicated to
conserving wildlife habitat suitable for
pheasants. Formed...
- (while the
larger Goura crowned pigeons have a
lifestyle similar to
larger pheasants,
grouse or turkeys). It is a
highly secretive species,
feeding on seeds...
-
plants and live food. The
green pheasants'
breeding season starts during March or
April and ends in June.
Green pheasants can
first breed when they are...
- pea****-
pheasants may
sometimes appear to
polygynous or promiscuous, not
forming lasting pair bonds, this is
probably atypical as pea****-
pheasants are as...
-
Nathaniel Wallich.
These birds lack the
color and
brilliance of most
pheasants, with
buffy gray
plumage and long, gray crests. Its long tail has 18 feathers...
