Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (54)
- Subspecies (30)
John H. Giudice, John T. Ratti, and Steven G. Mlodinow
Version: 1.1 — Published October 25, 2022
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gewone Fisant |
| Albanian | Fazani |
| Armenian | Անդրկովկասյան փասիան |
| Asturian | Faisñn de la Cñlquide |
| Azerbaijani | Adi qırqovul |
| Basque | Faisai arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Колхидски фазан |
| Catalan | faisà comú |
| Chinese | 環頸雉 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 環頸雉 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 环颈雉 |
| Croatian | fazan |
| Czech | bažant obecný |
| Danish | Fasan |
| Dutch | Fazant |
| English | Ring-necked Pheasant |
| English (UK) | Common Pheasant |
| English (United Arab Emirates) | Common Pheasant |
| English (United States) | Ring-necked Pheasant |
| Finnish | fasaani |
| French | Faisan de Colchide |
| French (France) | Faisan de Colchide |
| Galician | Faisán común |
| German | Jagdfasan |
| Greek | (Κοινός) Φασιανός |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Faisan |
| Hebrew | פסיון מצוי |
| Hungarian | Fácán |
| Icelandic | Fashani |
| Italian | Fagiano comune |
| Japanese | コウライキジ |
| Korean | 꿩 |
| Latvian | Parastais fazāns |
| Lithuanian | Medžiojamasis fazanas |
| Mongolian | Зэрлэг гургуул |
| Norwegian | fasan |
| Persian | قرقاول |
| Polish | bażant |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Faisão |
| Romanian | Fazan |
| Russian | Фазан |
| Serbian | Fazan |
| Slovak | bažant obyčajný |
| Slovenian | Fazan |
| Spanish | Faisán Vulgar |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Faisán Común |
| Spanish (Chile) | Faisán de collar |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Faisán de collar |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Faisán |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Faisán de Collar |
| Spanish (Spain) | Faisán vulgar |
| Swedish | fasan |
| Turkish | Sülün |
| Ukrainian | Фазан звичайний |
Revision Notes
Steven G. Mlodinow revised the account and standardized the content with Clements taxonomy, with John T. Ratti and John H. Giudice reviewing the changes. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media. Huy C. Truong generated the map.
Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Phasianus colchicus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.158.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Africa, Asia = Rion [formerly Phasis].
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PHASIANUS
- phasianus
- colchica / colchicus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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