Common pheasant: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common pheasant lives – recorded in 51 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Phasianus colchicus
Group	Pheasants, grouse & game birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	51 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Diet (main food)	cereal, earthworm, insect
Class	Bird
Order	Galliformes
Family	Phasianidae

Where does the common pheasant live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common pheasant in 51 countries and territories across Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, People's Republic of China, Africa, South America, Hefei. In United Arab Emirates, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, Denmark, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

United States
United Kingdom (introduced)
Sweden (introduced)
France (introduced)
Canada (introduced)
Germany
Finland
Belgium (introduced)
Netherlands (introduced)
Chinese Taipei
New Zealand (introduced)
Czech Republic
China
Poland (introduced)
Norway (introduced)
Ireland (introduced)
South Korea
Austria (introduced)
Italy
Spain (introduced)
Hungary
Serbia
Denmark (introduced)
Slovakia
Ukraine
Isle of Man
Croatia (introduced)
Bulgaria (introduced)
Romania (introduced)
Japan (introduced)
Russia
Slovenia (introduced)
Portugal (introduced)
Turkey
Moldova
Kazakhstan
Switzerland (introduced)
Mexico (introduced)
Australia (introduced)
Kyrgyzstan
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Jersey
Chile (introduced)
Luxembourg (introduced)
Greece
Uzbekistan
Åland Islands
United Arab Emirates (introduced)
Guernsey
Turkmenistan
Belarus (introduced)

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What does a common pheasant eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the common pheasant as: cereal, earthworm, insect.

Is the common pheasant endangered?

The common pheasant’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common pheasant?

The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) is a bird in the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae, genus Phasianus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common pheasant

The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), ring-necked pheasant, or blue-headed pheasant, is a bird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae). The genus name comes from Latin phasianus 'pheasant'. The species name colchicus is Latin for 'of Colchis' (modern day Georgia), a country on the Black Sea where pheasants became known to Europeans. Although Phasianus was previously thought to be closely related to the genus Gallus, the genus of junglefowl and domesticated chickens, recent studies show that they are in different subfamilies, having diverged over 20 million years ago.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common pheasant (revision 1380659674), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q25432 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).