Common Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus - Faisan de Colchide

Systematics

Order
:
Galliformes
Family
:
Phasianidés
Genus
:
Phasianus
Species
:
colchicus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 53 à 89 cm
Wingspan
: 70 à 90 cm.
Weight
: 900 à 1050 g

Longevity

8 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.

Subspecific information 30 subspecies

Phasianus colchicus colchicus (Transcaucasia. Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan.)
Phasianus colchicus septentrionalis (n Caucasus. s Russia.)
Phasianus colchicus talischensis (se Transcaucasia. Azerbaijan, nc Iran.)
Phasianus colchicus persicus (sw Turkmenistan, ne Iran)
Phasianus colchicus principalis (se Turkmenistan, nw Afghanistan)
Phasianus colchicus chrysomelas (n Turkmenistan, w Uzbekistan)
Phasianus colchicus zarudnyi (e Turkmenistan)
Phasianus colchicus bianchii (se Uzbekistan, sw Tajikistan, ne Afghanistan)
Phasianus colchicus zerafschanicus (s Uzbekistan)
Phasianus colchicus turcestanicus (s Kazakhstan)
Phasianus colchicus mongolicus (se Kazakhstan, n Kyrgyzstan)
Phasianus colchicus shawii (w China)
Phasianus colchicus tarimensis (Tarim Basin to Lop Nur. w China.)
Phasianus colchicus vlangalii (Qaidam Basin. wc China.)
Phasianus colchicus strauchi (ne Qinghai. c China.)
Phasianus colchicus sohokhotensis (e Gansu. c China.)
Phasianus colchicus satscheuensis (w Gansu. nc China.)
Phasianus colchicus hagenbecki (w Mongolia)
Phasianus colchicus edzinensis (sc Mongolia)
Phasianus colchicus alaschanicus (Ningxia. nc China.)
Phasianus colchicus kiangsuensis (ne China)
Phasianus colchicus karpowi (ne China to Korea)
Phasianus colchicus pallasi (se Siberia, ne China, ne Korea)
Phasianus colchicus suehschanensis (nw Sichuan, s Gansu. wc China.)
Phasianus colchicus elegans (w Sichuan to nw Yunnan. wc China. , ne Myanmar, e Tibet)
Phasianus colchicus decollatus (c China)
Phasianus colchicus rothschildi (se Yunnan. sc China. , nw Vietnam)
Phasianus colchicus takatsukasae (sw Guandong. s China. , ne Vietnam)
Phasianus colchicus torquatus (e China)
Phasianus colchicus formosanus (Taiwan)