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The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), ring-necked pheasant, or blue-headed pheasant, a bird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae). The genus name comes from Latin phasianus 'pheasant'. The species name colchicus is Latin for 'of Colchis ' (modern day Georgia ), a country on the Black Sea where pheasants became known to Europeans. [ 2 ]
Mongolian ring-necked pheasants or white-winged ring-necked pheasants, Phasianus colchicus mongolicus group; Tarim pheasants, Phasianus colchicus tarimensis group; Chinese ring-necked pheasants, Phasianus colchicus torquatus group Taiwan pheasant, Phasianus colchicus formosanus; Cheer pheasant (genus Catreus) Cheer pheasant (C. wallichi)
The green pheasant (P. versicolor) is a species from Japan that which the fossil record suggest diverged about 2.0–1.8 million years ago from P. colchicus. [ 5 ] Fossil remains of a Phasianus pheasant have been found in Late Miocene rocks in China.
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Phasianinae Erectile clade: represented by a Mongolian ringneck-type common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) cock : Nonerectile clade: represented by an Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) peacock
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Mongolia. The avifauna of Mongolia include a total of 534 species. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World , 2022 edition.
The ringneck pheasant has been introduced to similar grassland habitat in the United States for hunting and sport. The brown eared pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum) is also adapted to the mountainous woodlands of Northeast China and other similar ecoregions. The bobak marmot (Marmota bobak), also known as the steppe marmot, inhabits the area
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