New Zealand Birds

11001-47324 Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus mut. tenebrosus) a popular introduced game bird. Pheasants in NZ are of mixed ancestry, and are a hybrid blend of English blackneck (Phasianus colchicus colchicus), Chinese ringneck (Phasianus colchicus torquatus), and Mongolian pheasant (Phasianus colchicus mongolicus). Although "pure" specimens, don't occur, this male most resembles the 'melanistic mutant' form of the English (black-necked) subspecies *

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11001-47324 Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus mut. tenebrosus) a popular introduced game bird. Pheasants in NZ are of mixed ancestry, and are a hybrid blend of English blackneck (Phasianus colchicus colchicus), Chinese ringneck (Phasianus colchicus torquatus), and Mongolian pheasant (Phasianus colchicus mongolicus). Although "pure" specimens, don't occur, this male most resembles the 'melanistic mutant' form of the English (black-necked) subspecies *

Green Mutant Ring necked pheasant 47324 Common Phasianus colchicus introduced popular gamebird mongolian black chinese game acclimatised sports closeup close up tenebrosus