Many call this bird the Ring-necked Pheasant but IOC, the International Ornithological Congress, calls it the Common Pheasant.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D
Aperture Value
f/8
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Manual
Flash
Compulsory Flash
Focal Length
200 mm
ISO
400
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/130 sec
Date/Time
Fri 30 Jan 2009 04:55:02 PM EST
English Common Pheasant Scientific (Phasianus colchicus) Order GALLIFORMES Family (Latin) Phasianidae Family (English) Pheasants & Allies Other name(s) Breeding Regions PAL, OR Breeding Range c, e Eurasia, s China, Taiwan and n Vietnam Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania(I),Algeria(I),Andorra(I),Armenia,Australia(I),Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahamas(I),Belarus, IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range septentrionalis n Caucasus (s Russia) satscheuensis w Gansu (nc China) hagenbecki w Mongolia edzinensis sc Mongolia alaschanicus Ningxia (nc China) kiangsuensis ne China karpowi ne China to Korean Pen. pallasi se Siberia, ne China and ne Korean Pen. suehschanensis nw Sichua and s Gansu (wc China) elegans w Sichuan to nw Yunnan (wc China), ne Myanmar and e Tibet decollatus c China rothschildi se Yunnan (sc China) and nw Vietnam takatsukasae sw Guangdong (s China) and ne Vietnam torquatus e China sohokhotensis e Gansu (c China) strauchi ne Qinghai (c China) colchicus Transcaucasia (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) talischensis se Transcaucasia (Azerbaijan and nc Iran) persicus sw Turkmenistan and ne Iran principalis se Turkmenistan and nw Afghanistan chrysomelas n Turkmenistan and w Uzbekistan zarudnyi e Turkmenistan bianchii se Uzbekistan, sw Tajikistan and ne Afghanistan zerafschanicus s Uzbekistan turcestanicus s Kazakhstan mongolicus se Kazakhstan and n Kyrgyzstan shawii w China tarimensis Tarim Basin to Lop Nur (w China) vlangalii Qaidam Basin (wc China) formosanus Taiwan
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by Linnaeus, 1758 German Jagdfasan French Faisan de Colchide Chinese 雉鸡 Japanese コウライキジ Russian Фазан Spanish Faisán vulgar Portuguese faisão-comum Bird Data App text
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Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
