Typical Pheasants
Phasianus
The "typical" pheasant genus Phasianus in the family Phasianidae consists of at least one species. The genus name comes from Latin phasianinus "pheasant-like" (from phasianus, "pheasant"). Both Phasianus and "pheasant" originally come from the Greek word phāsiānos, meaning "(bird) of the Phasis". Phasis is the ancient name of the main river of western Georgia, currently called the Rioni.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
Ring-necked Pheasant
speciesPhasianus colchicus
Green Pheasant
speciesPhasianus versicolor
Ring-necked × Green Pheasant
hybridPhasianus colchicus × versicolor
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 980.