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Pheasants are a group of large bird
Bird

Birds are wing, Bipedalismal, endothermic , vertebrate animals that lay egg . There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates....
s in the order
Order (biology)

In Biological classification used in biology, the order is a taxonomic rank between class and family . The superorder is a rank between class and order....
 Galliformes
Galliformes

Galliformes are an order of birds containing turkey , grouse, chickens, quails, and pheasants. More than 250 living species are found worldwide....
.

Pheasants are characterised by strong sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism

Sexual dimorphism is the systematic difference in form between individuals of different sex in the same species. Examples include color , size, and the presence or absence of parts of the body used in courtship displays or fights, such as ornamental feathers, horns, antlers or tusks....
, with males being highly ornate with bright colours and adornments such as wattles
Wattle (anatomy)

A wattle is a fleshy dewlap or caruncle hanging from various parts of the head or neck in several groups of birds, goats and other animals.File:Rooster portrait2.jpg...
 and long tail
Tail

The tail is the section at the rear end of an animal's body; in general, the term refers to a distinct, flexible appendage to the torso. It is the part of the body that corresponds roughly to the sacrum and coccyx in mammals and birds....
s. Males are usually larger than the females, and have longer tails. Males play no part in rearing the young. Pheasants typically eat seeds and some insects. While on the ground, a collection of pheasants is called a nye.

There are 35 species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 of pheasant in 11 different genera
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
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Pheasants are a group of large bird
Bird

Birds are wing, Bipedalismal, endothermic , vertebrate animals that lay egg . There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates....
s in the order
Order (biology)

In Biological classification used in biology, the order is a taxonomic rank between class and family . The superorder is a rank between class and order....
 Galliformes
Galliformes

Galliformes are an order of birds containing turkey , grouse, chickens, quails, and pheasants. More than 250 living species are found worldwide....
.

Pheasants are characterised by strong sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism

Sexual dimorphism is the systematic difference in form between individuals of different sex in the same species. Examples include color , size, and the presence or absence of parts of the body used in courtship displays or fights, such as ornamental feathers, horns, antlers or tusks....
, with males being highly ornate with bright colours and adornments such as wattles
Wattle (anatomy)

A wattle is a fleshy dewlap or caruncle hanging from various parts of the head or neck in several groups of birds, goats and other animals.File:Rooster portrait2.jpg...
 and long tail
Tail

The tail is the section at the rear end of an animal's body; in general, the term refers to a distinct, flexible appendage to the torso. It is the part of the body that corresponds roughly to the sacrum and coccyx in mammals and birds....
s. Males are usually larger than the females, and have longer tails. Males play no part in rearing the young. Pheasants typically eat seeds and some insects. While on the ground, a collection of pheasants is called a nye.

There are 35 species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 of pheasant in 11 different genera
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
. The best-known is the Common Pheasant
Common Pheasant

The Common Pheasant , is a bird in the pheasant family . It is native to Asia and has been widely introduced elsewhere as a game bird. In parts of its range, namely in places where none of its relatives occur such as in Europe , it is simply known as the "pheasant"....
 (Phasianus colchicus) which is widespread throughout the world in introduced feral populations and in farm operations. Various other pheasant species are popular in aviaries, such as the Golden Pheasant
Golden Pheasant

The Golden Pheasant or "Chinese Pheasant", is a gamebird of the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae. It is native to forests in mountainous areas of western China but feral populations have been established in the United Kingdom and elsewhere....
 (Chrysolophus pictus).

Species in taxonomic order


This list is ordered to show presumed relationships between species
  • Blood Pheasant (genus Ithaginis)
    • Blood Pheasant
      Blood Pheasant

      The Blood Pheasant, Ithaginis cruentus, is the only species in genus Ithaginis of the Pheasant family. It has 15 different subspecies....
      , (I. cruentus)
  • Koklass (genus Pucrasia)
    • Koklass Pheasant, (P. macrolopha)
  • Gallopheasants (genus Lophura)
    • Kalij Pheasant
      Kalij Pheasant

      The Kalij Pheasant, Lophura leucomelanos is a pheasant found all along the foothills of the Himalaya in a number of local populations with variations. They are also found in the Islands of Hawaii....
      , (L. leucomelanos)
      • White-crested Kalij Pheasant
        White-crested Kalij Pheasant

        The White-crested Kalij Pheasant is one sub-species of the Kalij Pheasant , western most subspecies of Lophura leucomelanos; western Himalayas in parts of northern India, as well some areas of western Nepal and northern Pakistan....
        , (L. l. hamiltoni)
      • Nepal Kalij Pheasant, (L. l. leucomelanos)
      • Black-backed Kalij Pheasant, (L. l. melanota)
      • Black Kalij Pheasant, (L. l. moffitti)
      • Black-breasted Kalij Pheasant, (L. l. lathami)
      • William's Kalij Pheasant, (L. l. williamsi)
      • Oates' Kalij Pheasant, (L. l. oatesi)
      • Crawfurd's Kalij Pheasant, (L. l. crawfurdi)
      • Lineated Kalij Pheasant, (L. l. lineata)
    • Silver Pheasant
      Silver Pheasant

      The Silver Pheasant, Lophura nycthemera is a large, approximately 125cm long, white pheasant with bare red facial skin, red legs and glossy black below....
      , (L. nycthemera)


    • Imperial Pheasant
      Imperial Pheasant

      The Imperial Pheasant, Lophura ? imperialis is a dark blue medium-sized, up to 75cm long, pheasant with bare red facial skin, blue crest, crimson legs and glossy plumage....
      , (L. imperialis)
    • Edward's Pheasant, (L. edwardsi)
    • Swinhoe's Pheasant
      Swinhoe's Pheasant

      Swinhoe's Pheasant, Lophura swinhoii, is a bird of the pheasant family Phasianidae that is Endemic to Taiwan, where it inhabits primary broadleaved forest and mature secondary forest at 200-2,300 m....
      , (L. swinhoii)
    • Salvadori's Pheasant
      Salvadori's Pheasant

      The Salvadori's Pheasant, Lophura inornata is a bird of genus Lophura, native to Indonesia. It is found in the mountain rainforests of Sumatra....
      , (L. inornata)
    • Crestless Fireback Pheasant, (L. erythrophthalma)
      • Malayan Crestless Fireback, (L. e. erythrophthalma)
      • Bornean Crestless Fireback, (L. e. pyronota)
    • Crested Fireback Pheasant, (L. ignita)
      • Lesser Bornean Crested Fireback, (L. i. ignita)
      • Greater Bornean Crested Fireback, (L. i. nobilis)
      • Vieilott's Crested Fireback, (L. i. rufa)
      • Delacour's Crested Fireback, (L. i. macartneyi)
    • Siamese Fireback
      Siamese Fireback

      The Siamese Fireback, Lophura diardi also known as Diard's Fireback is a medium-sized, approximately 80cm long, pheasant. The male has a grey plumage with an extensive red facial skin, crimson legs and feet, ornamental black crest feathers, reddish brown Iris and long curved blackish tail....
      , (L. diardi)
    • Bulwer's Wattled Pheasant, (L. bulweri)
  • Eared Pheasants (genus Crossoptilon
    Crossoptilon

    The genus Crossoptilon consists of four species of eared pheasants.All are large, monomorphism and found in China....
    )
    • White-eared Pheasant
      White-eared Pheasant

      The Genus Crosssoptilon comprises four distinct ecological species of "Eared Pheasants", so named because of their prominent ear tufts.White Eared Pheasants are called Shagga by indigenous Himalayan peoples....
      , (C. crossoptilon)
    • Brown Eared Pheasant
      Brown Eared Pheasant

      The Brown Eared Pheasant, Crossoptilon mantchuricum is a large, up to 100cm long, dark brown pheasant of mountain forests of northern China....
      , (C. mantchuricum)
    • Blue Eared Pheasant
      Blue Eared Pheasant

      The Blue Eared Pheasant, Crossoptilon auritum is a large, up to 96cm long, dark blue-grey pheasant with velvet black crown, red bare facial skin, yellow Iris , long white ear coverts behind the eyes and crimson legs....
      , (C. auritum)
  • Cheer Pheasant (genus Catreus)
    • Cheer Pheasant
      Cheer Pheasant

      The Cheer Pheasant, Catreus wallichii also known as Wallich's Pheasant is an endangered species of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is the only member in monotypic genus Catreus....
      , (C. wallichi)
  • Long-tailed Pheasants (genus Syrmaticus
    Syrmaticus

    The genus Syrmaticus Johann Georg Wagler, 1832 consist of five long-tailed pheasants with short spurs and red facial skin. The hens and chicks pattern of all the species are superficially similar....
    )
    • Reeve's Pheasant, (S. reevesi)
    • Elliot's Pheasant
      Elliot's Pheasant

      The Elliot's Pheasant, Syrmaticus ellioti also known as Bar-backed Pheasant is a large, up to 80cm long, brown and white pheasant with a black throat, chestnut brown upperparts plumage, white belly, nape and wingbars, red bare facial skin and long rusty-barred whitish tail....
      , (S. ellioti)
    • Bar-tailed Pheasant, (S. humiae)
    • Mikado Pheasant
      Mikado Pheasant

      The Mikado Pheasant, Syrmaticus mikado, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It is Endemism in birds to mountainous regions of Taiwan....
      , (S. mikado)
    • Copper Pheasant
      Copper Pheasant

      The Copper Pheasant, Syrmaticus soemmerringii also known as Soemmerring's Pheasant is a large, up to 136cm long, pheasant with a rich coppery chestnut plumage, yellowish Beak, brown Iris and red facial skin....
      , (S. soemmerringi)
  • Typical Pheasants (genus Phasianus
    Phasianus

    The "typical" pheasant genus Phasianus in the family Phasianidae consists of at least one species. Both Phasianus and "pheasant" comes from the Greek word phasianos, meaning " of the Phasis" ....
    )
    • Green Pheasant
      Green Pheasant

      The Green Pheasant, Phasianus versicolor also known as Japanese Pheasant is a bird of the lowlands. Closely related to the Common Pheasant, the cock is distinguished by dark green plumage on breast and mantle....
       (P. versicolor)
    • Common Pheasant
      Common Pheasant

      The Common Pheasant , is a bird in the pheasant family . It is native to Asia and has been widely introduced elsewhere as a game bird. In parts of its range, namely in places where none of its relatives occur such as in Europe , it is simply known as the "pheasant"....
      , (P. colchicus)
      • Caucasus Pheasants, Phasianus colchicus colchicus group
      • White-winged Pheasants, Phasianus colchicus chrysomelas/principalis group
        • Prince of Wales Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus principalis
      • 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
  • Ruffed Pheasants (genus Chrysolophus
    Chrysolophus

    Chrysolophus is a genus of the Phasianidae of birds.These are species which have spectacularly Featherd males. The Golden Pheasant is native to western China, and Lady Amherst's Pheasant to Tibet and westernmost China, but both have been widely introduced elsewhere....
    )
    • Golden Pheasant
      Golden Pheasant

      The Golden Pheasant or "Chinese Pheasant", is a gamebird of the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae. It is native to forests in mountainous areas of western China but feral populations have been established in the United Kingdom and elsewhere....
      , (C. pictus)
    • Lady Amherst's Pheasant
      Lady Amherst's Pheasant

      The Lady Amherst's Pheasant, Chrysolophus amherstiae, is a bird of the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae.These are native to south western China and Myanmar, but have been introduced elsewhere, and have established a self-supporting, but now declining, feral population in England, the stronghold of which is now in Bedfordshir...
      , (C. amherstiae)
  • Peacock Pheasants (genus Polyplectron
    Polyplectron

    The genus Polyplectron of the family Phasianidae consist of seven peacock-pheasant species. The males have varying display plumage, while the females are colored far more inconspicuously....
    )
    • Bronze-tailed Peacock Pheasant
      Bronze-tailed Peacock Pheasant

      The Bronze-tailed Peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron chalcurum is also known as the Sumatran Peacock-pheasant. It is an Indonesian bird....
      , (P. chalcurum)
    • Mountain Peacock Pheasant
      Mountain Peacock Pheasant

      The Mountain Peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron inopinatum also known as Rothschild's Peacock-pheasant or Mirror Pheasant is a medium-sized, up to 65cm long, blackish brown pheasant with small ocelli and long graduated tail feathers....
      , (P. inopinatum)
    • Germain's Peacock Pheasant
      Germain's Peacock Pheasant

      The Germain's Peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron germaini is a medium-sized, approximately 60cm long, brownish dark pheasant with finely spotted buff, short crest, bare red facial skin, brown Iris and purplish-blue ocelli on upperbody plumage and half of its tail of twenty feathers....
      , (P. germaini)
    • Grey Peacock Pheasant (P. bicalcaratum)
    • Malaysian Peacock Pheasant, (P. malacense)
    • Bornean Peacock Pheasant
      Bornean Peacock Pheasant

      The Bornean Peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron schleiermacheri is a medium-sized, up to 50cm long, rufous brown and black spotted pheasant with an elongated crest and nape feathers, black below and bare red skin around bluish iris eye....
      , (P. schleiermacheri)
    • Palawan Peacock Pheasant
      Palawan Peacock Pheasant

      The Palawan Peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron napoleonis, also known as the Napoleon Peacock-pheasant, is a medium-sized bird in the family Phasianidae....
      , (P. emphanum)
  • Crested Argus (genus Rheinartia)
    • Crested Argus Pheasant, (R. ocellata)
  • Great Argus (genus Argusianus
    Argusianus

    The genus Argusianus consist of two species of spectaculary plumaged pheasant with greatly elongated Flight feather#Secondaries and central tail feathers....
    )
    • Great Argus Pheasant
      Great Argus

      The Great Argus, Argusianus argus is a brown-plumaged pheasant with a small blue head and neck, rufous red upper breast, black hair-like feathers on crown and nape, and red legs....
      , (A. argus)
    • Double-banded Argus
      Double-banded Argus

      A mysterious pheasant, the Double-banded Argus, Argusianus bipunctatus, is known only from the portion of a single primary flight feather....
      , (Argusianus bipunctatus )


Pheasant Fowling Showing How To Catch Pheasants Fac Simile of A Miniature in the Manuscript of the Livre Du Roy Modus Fourteenth Century