Ring-necked Pheasant
Ring-necked Pheasant
Here the details of the Ring-necked Pheasant named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Phasianus colchicus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.158
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Phasianidae / Phasianus
Taxonomy Code: rinphe
Type Locality: Africa, Asia = Rion [formerly Phasis].
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
PHASIANUS
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Common Pheasant P. colchicus) L. phasianus pheasant < Gr. φασιανος phasianos pheasant. The Phasian birds were first found by the Argonauts on the banks of the River Phasis in Colchis. In ornithology phasis < Med. L. phasis avis pheasant, Phasian bird, is frequently used as a substitute for phasianus; "90. PHASIANUS. Genæ cute nuda lævigata." (Linnaeus 1758); "Phasianus Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 158. Type, by tautonymy, Phasianus colchicus Linné. (Phasianus, prebinomial specific name in synonymy.)" (Peters 1934, II, 121). Linnaeus's Phasianus comprised five species (P. Gallus, P. Meleagris, P. colchicus, P. pictus, P. nycthemerus).
Var. Phasiauns.
phasianus
L. phasianus pheasant < Gr. φασιανος phasianos pheasant.
● ex Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus, 1758 (syn. Phasianus colchicus).
colchica / colchicus
L. Colchicus of Colchis < Gr. Κολχις Kolkhis, a country on the eastern shores of the Black Sea (= western Georgia) whence pheasants were first discovered.
● "9. Xylocopus minor colchicus nov. subsp. ... Caucasum septentrionalem et Transcaucasiam, parte meridionali-orientali exclusa, inhabitans."(Buturlin 1908) (subsp. Dryobates minor).
● TL. Kutais district, South Caucasus (syn. Leiopicus medius caucasicus).
● "90. PHASIANUS. ... colchicus. 3. P. rufus, capite cæruleo. Phasianus. Raj. av. 56. Alb. av. I. p. 24. t. 25. 26. Olin. av. 49. Aldr. orn. l. 13. c. 5. Habitat in Africa, Asia. Principum mensis dicatus." (Linnaeus 1758) (Phasianus).
SUBSPECIES
Ring-necked Pheasant (Ring-necked)
SCI Name: Phasianus colchicus [colchicus Group]
PHASIANUS
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Common Pheasant P. colchicus) L. phasianus pheasant < Gr. φασιανος phasianos pheasant. The Phasian birds were first found by the Argonauts on the banks of the River Phasis in Colchis. In ornithology phasis < Med. L. phasis avis pheasant, Phasian bird, is frequently used as a substitute for phasianus; "90. PHASIANUS. Genæ cute nuda lævigata." (Linnaeus 1758); "Phasianus Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 158. Type, by tautonymy, Phasianus colchicus Linné. (Phasianus, prebinomial specific name in synonymy.)" (Peters 1934, II, 121). Linnaeus's Phasianus comprised five species (P. Gallus, P. Meleagris, P. colchicus, P. pictus, P. nycthemerus).
Var. Phasiauns.
Ring-necked Pheasant (Green)
SCI Name: Phasianus colchicus [versicolor Group]
PHASIANUS
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Common Pheasant P. colchicus) L. phasianus pheasant < Gr. φασιανος phasianos pheasant. The Phasian birds were first found by the Argonauts on the banks of the River Phasis in Colchis. In ornithology phasis < Med. L. phasis avis pheasant, Phasian bird, is frequently used as a substitute for phasianus; "90. PHASIANUS. Genæ cute nuda lævigata." (Linnaeus 1758); "Phasianus Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 158. Type, by tautonymy, Phasianus colchicus Linné. (Phasianus, prebinomial specific name in synonymy.)" (Peters 1934, II, 121). Linnaeus's Phasianus comprised five species (P. Gallus, P. Meleagris, P. colchicus, P. pictus, P. nycthemerus).
Var. Phasiauns.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)