Phasianus colchicus or Common Pheasant has many color forms of the male ranging in color from nearly white to almost black in some melanistic examples. These are due to captive breeding and hybridisation between subspecies and with the green pheasant, reinforced by continual releases of stock from varying sources to the wild.
In the US, Phasianus colchicus or common pheasants are widely known as “ring-necked pheasants”. More colloquial North American names include “chinks” or, in Montana, “phezzens”.
While common pheasants are able short-distance fliers, they prefer to run. If startled, they can suddenly burst upwards at great speed, with a distinctive “whirring” wing sound and often giving kok kok kok calls to alert conspecifics.
Common pheasants nest solely on the ground in scrapes, lined with some grass and leaves, frequently under dense cover or a hedge. Occasionally they will nest in a haystack, or a nest left by other bird.
They roost in sheltered trees at night. The males are polygynous as is typical for many Phasianidae, and are often accompanied by a harem of several females.
Phasianus colchicus eat a wide variety of animal and vegetable type-food, like fruit, seeds, grain, mast, berries and leaves as well as a wide range of invertebrates, such as leatherjackets, ant eggs, wireworms, caterpillars, grasshoppers and other insects; with small vertebrates like lizards, field voles, small mammals and small birds occasionally taken.
Pheasant Negative Footprint measures 3.03 X 2.08 inches. Pileated Woodpecker Negative Footprint is made of polyurethane resin in the USA.
