common pheasant

The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) has 20–30 races ranging across Asia. Birds naturalized elsewhere are mixtures of races, with the gray-rumped ringneck (or Chinese) strain usually dominating.

An exception has been the common, or ring-necked, pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), native to China and introduced to the United States in the 1890s. This low rate of success has an important implication—even when it is known from hindsight that an individual introduction can succeed, as did the pheasant, most such…

The ring-necked pheasant, imported in the early 1900s, remains an important game bird. Other bird species include the goldfinch, oriole, cardinal, bunting, bluejay, and bluebird. The most noted avian resurgence in Iowa, however, is that of the bald eagle, seen widely throughout the state in winter,…

The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus, called the ring-necked pheasant in the United States) was introduced in North America late in the 19th century and has become widely established. Several species of quail (especially those of the genera Coturnix and Colinus) and partridge (Perdix and Alectoris) provide…