Ring-necked Pheasant
(Phasianus colchicus)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | NNA - No Status Rank SNA - No Status Rank |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Size |
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20″ to 36″ in length 31″ wingspan |
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Sign |
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The track is of three toes pointing forward and a short toe pointing backward. The lateral two toes are straight, not curved. The track is 2″ to 3″ long and 1¾″ to 2¾″ wide. It looks like an arrow pointing in the opposite direction of travel. The short toe often does not register. When it does it appears as a nail hole just beyond the tip of the arrow. |
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Habitat |
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Grasslands, croplands, cattail marshes |
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Biology |
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Distribution |
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Native to eastern Europe |
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Occurrence |
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Common year-round resident. |
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Maps |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Galliformes (landfowl) | ||
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Phasianidae (pheasants, grouse, and allies) | ||
| Subfamily | Phasianinae (pheasants) | ||
Genus |
Phasianus (pheasants) | ||
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Several subspecies have been introduced into North America. Most of these have been from the torquatus group. Variations in coloration are due to differences in and hybridization between the imported subspecies. |
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Caucasus pheasants (Phasianus colchicus colchicus) group Amu-Darya Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus zarudnyi) Bianchi’s Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus bianchii) Black-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus colchicus) Persian Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus persicus) South Caspian Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus talischensis) Syr-Darya Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus turcestanicus) West Caspian Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus septentrionalis) Zerafshan Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus zerafschanicus) Chinese ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus torquatus) group Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus alaschanicus) Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus satscheuensis) Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus suehschanensis) Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus vlangalii) Formosan Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus formosanus) Gray-rumped Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus torquatus) Korean Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus karpowi) Kweichow Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus decollatus) Palla’s Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus pallasi) Rothschild’s Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus rothschildi) Shansi Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus kiangsuensis) Sohokhoto Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus sohokhotensis) Stone's Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus elegans) Strauch’s Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus strauchi) Tonkinese Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus takatsukasae) Tarim pheasants (Phasianus colchicus tarimensis) group Tarim Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus tarimensis) Yarkand Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus shawii) Mongolian ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus mongolicus) group Gobi Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus edzinensis) Kirghiz Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus mongolicus) Kobdo Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus hagenbecki) White-winged pheasants (Phasianus colchicus chrysomelas/principalis) group Khivan Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus chrysomelas) Prince of Wales’s Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus principalis) |
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Mike Poeppe |
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Dan W. Andree |
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Pheasant in flight... |
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Rooster Pheasant..... |
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Molly and Robert Power |
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Lynn Rubey |
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Male Ring-necked Pheasant on The Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge foraging in the Tall Grass Prairie. |
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A female Ring neck Pheasant in flight in the Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge. |
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Other Videos |
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| Ring Neck pheasants Fighting Webster, Minnesota 2/5/2013 tinypbaby2002 |
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Published on Feb 5, 2013 2 Ring Neck Pheasants Fighting near my Feeder |
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| Ring Necked Pheasant johnfredeen |
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Uploaded on Jan 22, 2011 Ring necked pheasant crowing. |
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| Ring Necked Pheasant | Male | Maine | South Berwick | New England Wildlife | 1080i | 24P | 24PA BudJillett |
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Uploaded on Feb 16, 2010 Some hand-held 1080i 24PA shots of a male ring necked pheasant that was outside my door February 2010. |
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| Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Mark George |
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Published on Apr 8, 2012 Filmed in East Sussex, England |
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| Common Pheasant, male (Phasianus colchicus) - 2013-03-31 W3stlander |
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Published on Apr 3, 2013 The Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus),male, is a bird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Pheasant ---------------- http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fazant |
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Visitor Sightings |
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| Mike Poeppe 2/4/2023 |
Location: just west of Houston, MN |
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| Dan W. Andree 3/6/2021 |
Location: Rural Norman Co. Mn. |
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| Molly and Robert Power 3/21/2021 |
Location: Albany MN |
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| Dan W. Andree 3/6/2021 |
Location: Rural Norman County, Mn |
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| Lynn Rubey 6/11/2019 |
Location: Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge Male Ring-necked Pheasant on The Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge foraging in the Tall Grass Prairie. |
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| Lynn Rubey 1/1/2019 |
Location: Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge A female Ring neck Pheasant in flight in the Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge. |
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| Kirk Nelson 5/30/2015 |
Location: Joseph A. Tauer Prairie SNA |
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MinnesotaSeasons.com Sightings |
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Avon Hills Forest SNA, North Unit Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center John Peter Hoffman Spring Brook Valley WMA Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area, Lawrence Unit Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Hoffman Unit Prairie Creek WMA, Koester Prairie Unit Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge Robert Ney Memorial Park Reserve Stanley Eddy Memorial Park Reserve |
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