Pheasant 59919 move=:edit= 224622624 2008-07-09T18:21:33Z Jimfbleak 7872 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/75.193.225.43|75.193.225.43]] ([[User talk:75.193.225.43|talk]]) to last version by Jimfbleak {{otheruses}} {{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== <references /> *[[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 [[Category:Birds]] [[cs:Bažant]] [[de:Fasan]] [[fr:Faisan]] [[io:Fazano]] [[pt:Faisão]] [[ro:Fazan]] [[sco:Pheisant]] [[sv:Fälthöns]]