Common Pheasant
Common Pheasant · BirdGacha
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Illustration · not to scale
- Body length
- 76–89 cm
- Body Mass
- 1.12 kg
- Wingspan
- 68 cm
- Diet
- Omnivorous
- Migration
- Resident
⚔️ Ecological Combat Rationale
Ecomorphologically adapted beak and agile strike momentum tailored to its foraging competition niche (ATK 105).
Lightweight agility and protective plumage camouflage favoring rapid evasive maneuverability over raw armor (DEF 88).
* These descriptions interpret game abilities, not measured physical strength. Generated scores use body mass, rarity and balancing rules; legacy cards retain manual values.
How to identify
Detailed field marks are not yet available. Use the linked sources to confirm an identification.
Similar species
Species-specific comparison notes are not yet available. Related birds below are not necessarily lookalikes.
Calls & songs
Sonothèque ADVL · Sources & credits
🌍 Range & Habitat
30 · Subspecies & regional ranges
- Phasianus colchicus septentrionalis
n Caucasus (s Russia)
- Phasianus colchicus colchicus
Transcaucasia (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan)
- Phasianus colchicus talischensis
se Transcaucasia (Azerbaijan and nc Iran)
- Phasianus colchicus persicus
sw Turkmenistan and ne Iran
- Phasianus colchicus principalis
se Turkmenistan and nw Afghanistan
- Phasianus colchicus chrysomelas
n Turkmenistan and w Uzbekistan
- Phasianus colchicus zarudnyi
e Turkmenistan
- Phasianus colchicus bianchii
se Uzbekistan, sw Tajikistan and ne Afghanistan
- Phasianus colchicus zerafschanicus
s Uzbekistan
- Phasianus colchicus turcestanicus
s Kazakhstan
- Phasianus colchicus mongolicus
se Kazakhstan and n Kyrgyzstan
- Phasianus colchicus shawii
w China
- Phasianus colchicus tarimensis
Tarim Basin to Lop Nur (w China)
- Phasianus colchicus vlangalii
Qaidam Basin (wc China)
- Phasianus colchicus strauchi
ne Qinghai (c China)
- Phasianus colchicus sohokhotensis
e Gansu (c China)
- Phasianus colchicus satscheuensis
w Gansu (nc China)
- Phasianus colchicus hagenbecki
w Mongolia
- Phasianus colchicus edzinensis
sc Mongolia
- Phasianus colchicus alaschanicus
Ningxia (nc China)
- Phasianus colchicus kiangsuensis
ne China
- Phasianus colchicus karpowi
ne China to Korean Pen.
- Phasianus colchicus pallasi
se Siberia, ne China and ne Korean Pen.
- Phasianus colchicus suehschanensis
nw Sichua and s Gansu (wc China)
- Phasianus colchicus elegans
w Sichuan to nw Yunnan (wc China), ne Myanmar and e Tibet
- Phasianus colchicus decollatus
c China
- Phasianus colchicus rothschildi
se Yunnan (sc China) and nw Vietnam
- Phasianus colchicus takatsukasae
sw Guangdong (s China) and ne Vietnam
- Phasianus colchicus torquatus
e China
- Phasianus colchicus formosanus
Taiwan
Frequently asked questions
What is its scientific name?
Phasianus colchicus
Which family does it belong to?
Pheasants & Allies (Phasianidae)
Where is it found?
Palearctic & Oriental: Central & Eastern Eurasia & Southern China & Taiwan and Northern Vietnam
Sources & credits
📖 Open Full Article on Wikipedia- IOC World Bird List 15.2 ↗
- AVONET ↗
- Body length: Wikipedia ↗
- Bird illustration credits ↗ · huashu-bird-sticker · PolyForm-Shield-1.0.0
- Illustration reference ↗ · Estormiz · CC0 1.0


