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{{Taxobox
| name = Pheasants
| image = Bjchwzh.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = [[Elliot's Pheasant]]
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[Galliformes]]
| familia = [[Phasianidae]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
''[[Ithaginis]]''<br>
''[[Catreus (genus)|Catreus]]''<br>
''[[Rheinartia]]''<br>
''[[Crossoptilon]]''<br>
''[[Lophura]]''<br>
''[[Argusianus]]''<br>
''[[Pucrasia]]''<br>
''[[Syrmaticus]]''<br>
''[[Chrysolophus]]''<br>
''[[Phasianus]]''<br>
† See also [[partridge]], [[quail]]
}}
'''Pheasants''' are a group of large [[bird]]s in the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Galliformes]].
Pheasant are characterised by strong [[sexual dimorphism]], with males being highly ornate with bright [[colour]]s and adornments such as [[wattle (anatomy)|wattles]] and long [[tail]]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 group of pheasants is called a nye.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baltimorebirdclub.org/gnlist.html | title=Baltimore Bird Club. Group Name for Birds: A Partial List | accessdate=2007-06-03}}</ref>
There are 35 [[species]] of pheasant in 11 different [[Genus|genera]]. The best-known is the [[Common 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]] (''Chrysolophus pictus'').
==Species in taxonomic order ==
This list is ordered to show presumed relationships between species
*Blood Pheasant (genus ''[[Ithaginis]]'')
**[[Blood Pheasant]], (''I. cruentus'')
*Koklass (genus ''[[Pucrasia]]'')
**[[Koklass Pheasant]], (''P. macrolopha'')
*Gallopheasants (genus ''[[Lophura]]'')
**[[Kalij Pheasant]], (''L. leucomelanos'')
***[[White-crested Kalij Pheasant]], (''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]], (''L. nycthemera'')
<!-- ***(''L. n. nycthemera'')
***(''L. n. lewisi'')
***(''L. n. annamensis'')
***(''L. n. engelbachi'')
***(''L. n. beli'')
***(''L. n. berliozi'')
***(''L. n. rufripes'')
***(''L. n. ripponi'')
***(''L. n. occidentalis'')
***(''L. n. beaulieui'')
***(''L. n. fokiensis'')
***(''L. n. whiteheadi'')
***(''L. n. omeiensis'')
***(''L. n. rongjiangensis'') [intraspecific taxonomy is shaky at best] -->
**[[Imperial Pheasant]], (''L. imperialis'')
**[[Edward's Pheasant]], (''L. edwardsi'')
**[[Swinhoe's Pheasant]], (''L. swinhoii'')
**[[Salvadori's Pheasant]], (''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]], (''L. diardi'')
**[[Bulwer's Wattled Pheasant]], (''L. bulweri'')
*Eared Pheasants (genus ''[[Crossoptilon]]'')
**[[White-eared Pheasant]], (''C. crossoptilon'')
**[[Brown Eared Pheasant]], (''C. mantchuricum'')
**[[Blue Eared Pheasant]], (''C. auritum'')
*Cheer Pheasant (genus ''[[Catreus (genus)|Catreus]]'')
**[[Cheer Pheasant]], (''C. wallichi'')
*Long-tailed Pheasants (genus ''[[Syrmaticus]]'')
**[[Reeve's Pheasant]], (''S. reevesi'')
**[[Elliot's Pheasant]], (''S. ellioti'')
**[[Bar-tailed Pheasant]], (''S. humiae'')
**[[Mikado Pheasant]], (''S. mikado'')
**[[Copper Pheasant]], (''S. soemmerringi'')
*Typical Pheasants (genus ''[[Phasianus]]'')
**[[Green Pheasant]] (''P. versicolor'')
**[[Common 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]]'')
**[[Golden Pheasant]], (''C. pictus'')
**[[Lady Amherst's Pheasant]], (''C. amherstiae'')
*Peacock Pheasants (genus ''[[Polyplectron]]'')
**[[Bronze-tailed Peacock Pheasant]], (''P. chalcurum'')
**[[Mountain Peacock Pheasant]], (''P. inopinatum'')
**[[Germain's Peacock Pheasant]], (''P. germaini'')
**[[Grey Peacock Pheasant]] (''P. bicalcaratum'')
**[[Malaysian Peacock Pheasant]], (''P. malacense'')
**[[Bornean Peacock Pheasant]], (''P. schleiermacheri'')
**[[Palawan Peacock Pheasant]], (''P. emphanum'')
*Crested Argus (genus ''[[Rheinartia]]'')
**[[Crested Argus Pheasant]], (''R. ocellata'')
*Great Argus (genus ''[[Argusianus]]'')
**[[Great Argus|Great Argus Pheasant]], (''A. argus'')
**[[Double-banded Argus]], (''Argusianus bipunctatus '')
[[Image:Pheasant Fowling Showing how to catch Pheasants Fac simile of a Miniature in the Manuscript of the Livre du Roy Modus Fourteenth Century.png|right|thumb|Pheasant Fowling.--"Showing how to catch Pheasants."--Fac-simile of a Miniature in the Manuscript of the "Livre du Roy Modus" (Fourteenth Century).]]
==References==
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*[[William Beebe|Beebe, William]]. 1918-22. ''A Monograph of the Pheasants.'' 1st edition in 4 volumes: H. F. Witherby, London. Reprint: 1990, Dover Publications.(4 volumes bound as 2). ISBN 0-486-26579-X and ISBN 0-486-26580-3. Republished as: ''Pheasants: Their Lives and Homes''. 2 vols. 1926. Single volume edition: [[New York Zoological Society]], 1936.)
*Green-Armytage, Stephen. 2002. ''Extraordinary Pheasants.''[[Harry N. Abrams, Inc.]], New York. Book ISBN 0-8109-1007-1.
* Madge and McGowan, ''Pheasants, Partridges and Grouse'' ISBN 0-7136-3966-0
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