雉鸡 Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus

大型雉类
雄鸟体长 75~91 cm，雌鸟体长 53~62 cm

虹膜 /iris

雄鸟橙色，雌鸟褐色 /orange (males) or brown (females)

嘴 /bill

角质绿色 /greenish-horn

脚 /legs and feet

灰色 /grey

目 │ 鸡形目GALLIFORMES 科 │ 雉科Phasianidae

野外识别 │ 雄鸟体羽鲜艳，头顶蓝褐色，颈暗绿色、具光泽，有显眼的耳羽簇，眼周裸皮鲜红色，有白色的颈环；上背、胸金黄色，有黑色点斑，尾长、红褐色、具横斑。雌鸟形小而色暗淡，周身密布浅褐色斑纹。叫声似一长音的“ gerk-gok ”。

居留及分布 │ 留鸟。广泛分布于欧亚大陆，有 31 个亚种的分化。南岭较常见，从 200 m海拔到 1 600 m海拔均有分布。

生境及习性 │ 栖息于灌丛、竹丛或草丛中。善走而不能久飞，飞行快速而有力。喜食谷类、浆果、种子和昆虫。在灌丛或草丛中的地面凹陷处营巢。繁殖期 3—7 月。每窝产卵 6~15 枚，卵有橄榄黄色、土黄色、黄褐色、青灰色、灰白色等不同颜色。

Field identification │ A large, long-tailed pheasant with a prominent white collar, broken at the front, and warty red wattling on the face. Males (subspecies torquatus ) have a black hood glossed with green or purple, white supercilium, white collar, greenish or purplish sides of the neck, golden-yellow mantle and flanks scaled with black and white, grey rump, purple-red breast, bluish belly, and a long,pointed brown tail with multiple dark bands. Females are smaller, shorter-tailed and with the upperparts mixed brownish, black and chestnut. Calls include a loud guttural gerk-gok .

Distribution & status │ Widely distributed from Iran east to Korea and south to Myanmar and China, with subspecies torquatus occurring in Guangdong and other parts of southeast China. In Nanling, it is fairly common resident.

Habitat & habits │ Common Pheasants occur in open woodland, woodland edge and farmland,usually singly or in family groups. They feed on fruits, seeds, leaves and buds and also small invertebrates.