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  2. Common pheasant - Wikipedia

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    The wing coverage is white or cream and black-barred markings are common on the tail. [9] The head is bottle green with a small crest and distinctive red wattle. P. c. colchicus and some other races lack a white neck ring. [10] Behind the face are two ear-tufts, that make the pheasant appear more alert. [11]

  3. Silver pheasant - Wikipedia

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    The silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) is a species of pheasant found in forests, mainly in mountains, of mainland Southeast Asia and eastern and southern China. It is introduced on Victoria Island in Nahuel Huapi Lake, Neuquén, Argentina and on Vancouver Island, Canada. The male is black and white, while the female is mainly brown.

  4. Reeves's pheasant - Wikipedia

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    Male Reeves's pheasant, green pheasant, Lady Amherst's pheasant and golden pheasant (front to back). The Reeves's pheasant is a hardy bird and is able to tolerate both hot and cold weather. They prefer higher ground for nesting. The female lays a clutch of 7–14 eggs in April or May; the incubation period is 24–25 days.

  5. Chukar partridge - Wikipedia

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    Chukar Patridge from United Arab Emirates. The chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar), or simply chukar, is a Palearctic upland gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae.It has been considered to form a superspecies complex along with the rock partridge, Philby's partridge and Przevalski's partridge and treated in the past as conspecific particularly with the first.

  6. Phasianidae - Wikipedia

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    Lyrurus Swainson, 1832 (black grouse) Rhizothera Gray, 1841 (long-billed partridges) Perdix Brisson, 1760 (true partridges) Tribe Phasianini. Syrmaticus Wagler, 1832 (long-tailed pheasants) Chrysolophus Gray, 1834 (ruffed pheasants) Phasianus Linnaeus, 1758 (true pheasants) Catreus Cabanis, 1851 (cheer pheasant) Crossoptilon Hodgson, 1838 ...

  7. Pheasant - Wikipedia

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    Pheasants (/ ˈ f ɛ z ə n t s / FEH-zənts) are birds of several genera within the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes. Although they can be found all over the world in introduced (and captive) populations, the pheasant genera's native range is restricted to Eurasia.

  8. Kalij pheasant - Wikipedia

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    The kalij pheasant is closely related to the silver pheasant, and the two are known to hybridize. [7] The placement of the taxa L. l. lineata and L. l. crawfurdi has been a matter of dispute, with some treating them as subspecies of the kalij pheasant [2] and others as subspecies of the silver pheasant. [8]

  9. Palawan peacock-pheasant - Wikipedia

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    The Palawan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis) is a medium-sized (up to 50cm long) bird in the family Phasianidae endemic to the island of Palawan in the Philippines. The spectacular male has a black body with blue marks on the wings, a grayish, finely speckled back and tail with blue peacock “eyes,” white marks on the face, and a ...