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English Common Pheasant
Scientific (Phasianus colchicus)
Order GALLIFORMES
Family (Latin) Phasianidae
Family (English) Pheasants & Allies
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions PAL, OR
Breeding Range Subregions c, e Eurasia, s China, Taiwan and n Vietnam
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania(I),Algeria(I),Andorra(I),Armenia,Australia(I),Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahamas(I),Belarus, Bulgaria,Canada,Chile(I),China,Croatia(I),Cuba(I),Cyprus,Czech Republic(I),Denmark,Finland, France,French Polynesia(I),Georgia,Germany(I),Gibraltar,Greece,Hong Kong,Hungary(I),Iran,Ireland(I), Italy,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia(I),Lebanon,Liechtenstein(I),Lithuania(I),Luxembourg,Macedonia,Moldova, Mongolia,Montenegro(I),Morocco(I),Myanmar,Netherlands,New Caledonia(I),New Zealand(I),North Korea,Norway,Poland, Portugal,Puerto Rico(I),Romania(I),Russia,Saint Helena(I),Serbia(I),Slovakia(I),Slovenia(I),South Korea,Spain, Sweden,Switzerland,Taiwan,Tajikistan,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,United Kingdom,United States - Hawaii,United States - mainland, Uzbekistan,Vietnam,
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
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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, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL 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)