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Phasianus colchicus (Ring-necked Pheasant; Common Pheasant)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus; Georgian: კოლხური ხოხობი) is a bird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae). The genus name comes from Latin phasianus, "pheasant". The species name colchicus is Latin for "of Colchis" a country on the Black Sea where pheasants became known to Europeans. The word pheasant is derived from the ancient town of Phasis, the predecessor of the modern port city of Poti in Western Georgia.
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Infraspecies

Phasianus colchicus alaschanicus (Alashan pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus bergii
Phasianus colchicus bianchii (Bianchi's pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus chrysomelas (Khivan pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus colchicus (South Causasus pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus decollatus (Kweichow pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus edzinensis (Gobi ring-necked pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus elegans (Stone's pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus formosanus (Taiwan ring-necked pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus hagenbecki (Kobdo ring-necked pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus karpowi (Korean ring-necked pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus kiangsuensis (Shansi pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus mongolicus (Kirghiz pheasant) (Attributes)
Phasianus colchicus pallasi (Manchurian ring-necked pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus persicus (Persian pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus principalis (Prince of Wales' pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus robustipes
Phasianus colchicus rothschildi (Rothschild's pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus satscheuensis (Satchu ring-necked pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus septentrionalis (North Caucasian pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus shawii (Yarkand pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus sohokhotensis (Sohokhoto pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus strauchi (Strauch's pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus suehschanensis (Sungpan pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus takatsukasae (Tonkinese ring-neck pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus talischensis (Talisch caucasian pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus tanensis
Phasianus colchicus tarimensis (Tarim pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus torquatus (Chinese ring-necked pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus turcestanicus (Syr Daria pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus versicolor
Phasianus colchicus vlangalii (Zaidan pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus zarudnyi (Zarudny's pheasant)
Phasianus colchicus zerafschanicus (Zerafshan pheasant)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.41878
EDGE Score: 1.85923
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.50 lbs (1.134 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  19 grams
Female Weight [5]  2.101 lbs (953 g)
Male Weight [5]  2.904 lbs (1.317 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [5]  38.2 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  30 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  10 %
Diet - Plants [3]  30 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  30 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [7]  10
Clutches / Year [2]  1
Fledging [4]  11 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [6]  50,000,000
Incubation [2]  24 days
Mating Display [8]  Ground display (mostly)
Mating System [8]  Polygyny
Maximum Longevity [2]  27 years
Snout to Vent Length [4]  23 inches (58 cm)
Wing Span [9]  27 inches (.681 m)
Female Maturity [2]  8 months
Male Maturity [2]  8 months
Wintering Geography [6]  Non-migrartory

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Arasbaran Protected Area Iran, Islamic Republic of A1, A2, A3, B2, B3
Hari Rud valley near Sarrakhs Iran, Islamic Republic of A1, A3, B2

Biodiversity Hotspots

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South Dakota

Prey / Diet

Glycine max (soybean)[10]
Zea mays (corn)[10]

Predators

Providers

Parasite of 
Alectoris chukar (Chukar Partridge)[10]
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)[10]
Phasianus colchicus (Ring-necked Pheasant)[10]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

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Citations

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♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 5Nelson, AD and AC Martin. 1953. Gamebird weights. J. Wildl. Manage. 17:36-42
♦ 6Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 7Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 8Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 9EFFECTS OF BODY SIZE ON TAKE-OFF FLIGHT PERFORMANCE IN THE PHASIANIDAE (AVES), BRET W. TOBALSKE AND KENNETH P. DIAL, The Journal of Experimental Biology 203,3319–3332 (2000)
♦ 10Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 11David Horal, Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) in the Czech Republic ACTA ZOOLOGICA BULGARICA, Suppl. 3, 2011: 55-59
♦ 12Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 13International Flea Database
♦ 14Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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