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Ring-necked Pheasant -
(Phasianus colchicus)  Audio
Identification
- Large chicken-like bird
- Male: mottled bronze with long pointed tail, back of neck and throat green with white stripe below, bare red skin patches around eye, ear tufts behind red patch
- Female: smaller, mottled brown, long pointed tail
- 21-33" (53-84 cm.)
Habitat
- Field edges, hedgerows, roadsides, grasslands
- Open country with some cover
Additional Information
- Introduced species, originally from Asia
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Needs upland grasslands for nesting
- Population is affected by severe winters
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