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WILDLIFE SPECIES: Phasianus colchicus | Ring-Necked Pheasant 



ABBREVIATION : 
PHCO

COMMON NAMES : 
   ring-necked pheasant
   pheasant


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for the ring-necked pheasant is
Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus.  There are 30 subspecies recognized
worldwide.  The ring-necked pheasants now established in North America
have come from China (P. colchicus torquatus) and England (where the
subspecies P. c. colchicus, P. c. torquatus, and others have been
introduced and have hybridized).  The ring-necked pheasant in North
America is a hybrid of several subspecies and is included, therefore,
only under the specific name [1].


ORDER : 
Galliformes

CLASS : 
Bird

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Julie L. Tesky, January 1995


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tesky, Julie L. 1995. Phasianus colchicus. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Phasianus colchicus | Ring-Necked Pheasant