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  2. Chinese pheasant - Wikipedia

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    Chinese pheasant can refer to any pheasant species originally native to China. Usually it means either: Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) which including the ring-necked pheasants. This usage is most common in the United States where the bird is widely naturalized. Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus).

  3. Golden pheasant - Wikipedia

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    The golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus), also known as the Chinese pheasant, and rainbow pheasant, is a gamebird of the order Galliformes (gallinaceous birds) and the family Phasianidae . The genus name is from Ancient Greek khrusolophos , "with golden crest", and pictus is Latin for "painted" from pingere , "to paint".

  4. Common pheasant - Wikipedia

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    It was the Caucasian subspecies mistakenly known as the 'Old English pheasant' rather than the Chinese ring-necked pheasants (torquatus) that were introduced to Britain. [44] But it became extirpated from most of the isles in the early 17th century. There were further re-introductions of the 'white neck-ringed' variety in the 18th century.

  5. Pheasant - Wikipedia

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    Pheasant fowling, "Showing how to catch pheasants", facsimile of a miniature in the manuscript of the "Livre du Roy Modus" (fourteenth century). Cheer pheasant pair in Himalaya, India. Pheasants (/ ˈ f ɛ z ə n t s / FEH-zənts) are birds of several genera within the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes. Although they can be found all ...

  6. List of birds of China - Wikipedia

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    Reeves's pheasant, Syrmaticus reevesii (E) Elliot's pheasant, Syrmaticus ellioti (E) Hume's pheasant, Syrmaticus humiae; Golden pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus (E) Lady Amherst's pheasant, Chrysolophus amherstiae; Ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus; Tibetan eared-pheasant, Crossoptilon harmani; White eared-pheasant, Crossoptilon ...

  7. Reeves's pheasant - Wikipedia

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    The Reeves's pheasant is a hardy bird and is able to tolerate both hot and cold weather. They prefer higher ground for nesting. The female lays a clutch of 7–14 eggs in April or May; the incubation period is 24–25 days. Reeves's pheasants are often aggressive towards humans, animals, and other pheasants, particularly during the breeding ...

  8. Chinese monal - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese monal or Chinese impeyan (Lophophorus lhuysii) is a pheasant.This monal is restricted to mountains of central China.The plumage is highly iridescent.The male has a large drooping purple crest, a metallic green head, blue bare skin around the eyes, a reddish gold mantle, bluish green feathers and black underparts.

  9. Phasianidae - Wikipedia

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    Ring-necked pheasants, several partridge and quail species, and some francolins have been widely introduced and managed as game birds for hunting. Several species are threatened by human activities. Systematics and evolution