Pheasant

Pheasants are a group of large birds in the order Galliformes. Males pheasants are usually larger than the females, and they have feathers of bright colours and long tails. There are 35 species of pheasant in 11 different genera.

Pheasants
Mongolian ringneck-type common pheasant cock
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Genera
Ithaginis Catreus Rheinartia Crossoptilon Lophura Argusianus Pucrasia Syrmaticus Chrysolophus Phasianus † See also partridge, quail

In many countries pheasant species are hunted, often illegally, as game, and several species are threatened by this and other human activities.

Chukar is the official National bird of Pakistan.

Pheasant Media

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  Pheasant fowling, "Showing how to catch pheasants", facsimile of a miniature in the manuscript of the "Livre du Roy Modus" (fourteenth century).

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  Cheer pheasant pair in Himalaya, India

References

• 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

Other websites

• Birdlife International status page Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
• Illinois State Academy of Science (ISAS)
• Pheasants & Peafowl - Aviculture & Conservation Archived 2006-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Pheasant videos on the Internet Bird Collection
• Pheasant Information and Photos - South Dakota Birds and Birding
• Pheasant Conservation Archived 2007-08-23 at the Wayback Machine