Common / Ring-necked Pheasant

Order - Galliformes 鸡形目
Family - Phasianidae 雉科 (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)
Genus - Phasianus 雉属

Common Pheasant / Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

雉鸡 / 环颈雉

    Size : Male 75–89 cm (tail 42.5–59 cm), 770–1990 g; 

             Female 53–62 cm (tail 29–31 cm), 545–1453 g; 

             Wingspan 70–90 cm

             

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Phasianus colchicus septentrionalis (T. K. Lorenz, 1888)
  – N Caucasus from Dagestan N of the Volga Delta (Russia).
• Phasianus colchicus colchicus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Black-necked Pheasant
  – Transcaucasia in E Georgia, NE Azerbaijan, S Armenia and NW Iran.
• Phasianus colchicus talischensis (T. K. Lorenz, 1888)
  – SE Transcaucasia and Caspian lowlands of Iran.
• Phasianus colchicus persicus (Severtsov, 1875)
  – SW Transcaspia in SW Turkmenistan and NE Iran.
• Phasianus colchicus turcestanicus (T. K. Lorenz, 1896)
  – along valley of R Syr Darya, in Kazakhstan, SE to Fergana Basin, in Uzbekistan and borders of Kyrgyzstan.
• Phasianus colchicus mongolicus (J. F. Brandt, 1844) – Kyrghyz Pheasant
  – N Tien Shan in N Kyrgyzstan N through E Kazakhstan to L Balkhash, and E to NW Xinjiang and Urumchi (W China).
• Phasianus colchicus principalis (P. L. Sclater, 1885)
  – S Turkmenistan, extreme NE Iran and N Afghanistan.
• Phasianus colchicus chrysomelas (Severtsov, 1875) – White-winged Pheasant
  – Amu Darya Delta, in W Uzbekistan, and adjacent N Turkmenistan.
• Phasianus colchicus zerafschanicus (Tarnovski, 1893)
  – S Uzbekistan (Bukhara, Zerafshan Valley and Kaska Daya, near Samarkand).
• Phasianus colchicus zarudnyi (Buturlin, 1904)
  – valleys of C Amu Darya on E Turkmenistan–Uzbekistan border.
• Phasianus colchicus bianchii (Buturlin, 1904)
  – Upper R Amu Darya in S Uzbekistan, SW Tajikistan and extreme N Afghanistan.
• Phasianus colchicus shawii (Elliot, 1870) – Tarim Basin Pheasant
  – W Tarim Basin (Xinjiang), in W China.
• Phasianus colchicus tarimensis (Pleske, 1889)
  – E & S Tarim Basin, in W China.
• Phasianus colchicus hagenbecki (Rothschild, 1901)
  – W Mongolia (Kobdo Valley).
• Phasianus colchicus edzinensis (Sushkin, 1926)
  – lower Ruo Shui (R Ejin), in W Inner Mongolia (N China).
• Phasianus colchicus satscheuensis (Pleske, 1892)
  – N China (extreme NW Gansu).
• Phasianus colchicus vlangalii (Przevalski, 1876)
  – NC China (W Qaidam Basin, in N Qinghai).
• Phasianus colchicus alaschanicus (Alphéraky & Bianchi, 1908)
  – NC China (W foothills of Helan Shan in SC Inner Mongolia and Ningxia).
• Phasianus colchicus sohokhotensis (Buturlin, 1908)
  – NC China (Sohokhoto Oasis, in Helan Shan; possibly this race also in Qilian Shan).
• Phasianus colchicus pallasi (Rothschild, 1903)
  – SE Siberia (Ussuriland, S Amurland), adjacent NE Korea and NE China (N & E Heilongjiang).
• Phasianus colchicus karpowi (Buturlin, 1904)
  – NE China (S Heilongjiang and N Hebei) and C & S Korea, including Jeju I (off S Korea).
• Phasianus colchicus kiangsuensis (Buturlin, 1904)
  – NE China (W Hebei, N Shanxi and Shaanxi to adjacent SE Inner Mongolia).
• Phasianus colchicus strauchi (Przevalski, 1876)
  – C China (S Shaanxi and S & C Gansu).
• Phasianus colchicus suehschanensis (Bianchi, 1906)
  – WC China (Songpan S to Kwansien, in NW Sichuan).
• Phasianus colchicus elegans (Elliot, 1870)
  – CS China (E Tibet and adjacent W Sichuan S to NW Yunnan) and N Myanmar.
• Phasianus colchicus decollatus (Swinhoe, 1870)
  – C China (E Sichuan E to W Hubei and S to NE Yunnan and Guizhou).
• Phasianus colchicus torquatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) – Grey-rumped Pheasant
  – E China (Shandong and Henan S to China–Vietnam border).
• Phasianus colchicus rothschildi (La Touche, 1922)
  – S China (SE Yunnan) and NW Vietnam (N Tonkin).
• Phasianus colchicus takatsukasae (Delacour, 1927)
  – SE China (S Guangxi) and NE Vietnam (NE Tonkin).
• Phasianus colchicus formosanus (Elliot, 1870)
  – Taiwan.

       Various races introduced into many different countries, especially in 

       Europe, North America, West Indies, Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.

Date : 29 April 2018
宋畈村, 潘新镇, 罗山县, 信阳市, 河南省, 中国

Songfancun, Panxin Town, Luoshan County, Xinyang Prefecture-level City, 
Henan Province, China