Order - Galliformes 鸡形目
Family - Phasianidae 雉科 (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)
Genus - Phasianus 雉属
Common Pheasant / Ring-necked Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
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
