Phasianus versicolor (*)
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Pangalloanserae
Cladus: Galloanseres
Ordo: Galliformes
Familia: Phasianidae
Subfamilia: Phasianinae
Genus: Phasianus
Species: Phasianus versicolor
Subspecies: P. v. robustipes – P. v. tanensis – P. v. tohkaidi – P. v. versicolor
Name
Phasianus versicolor Vieillot, 1825: 23
References
Primary references
Vieillot, L.J.P. 1825. La galerie des oiseaux: dédiée à Son Altesse Royale Madame, duchesse de Berri. Tome 2, Parties 3–5. Constant-Chantpie: Paris. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.161301 BHL Reference page. p. 23, pl. 205
Vernacular names
العربية: تدرج أخضر
català: Faisà verd
Cymraeg: Ffesant werdd
dansk: Grøn fasan
Deutsch: Buntfasan
English: Green Pheasant
Esperanto: Verda fazano
español: Faisán verde
euskara: Faisai berde
فارسی: قرقاول سبز
suomi: Viherfasaani
français: Faisan versicolore
עברית: פסיון ירוק
magyar: Schiller-fácán
italiano: Fagiano verde
日本語: キジ
한국어: 일본꿩
latviešu: Raibais fazāns
Nederlands: Groene fazant
polski: Bażant pstry
پنجابی: ہرا بن ککڑ
русский: Зелёный фазан
svenska: Grön fasan
Türkçe: Yeşil sülün
українська: Японський фазан
中文: 綠雉
The green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), also known as the Japanese green pheasant, is an omnivorous bird native to the Japanese archipelago, to which it is endemic.[1][3] Some taxonomic authorities consider it a subspecies of the common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus.[4] It is the national bird of Japan.[5]
Taxonomy and systematics
Some sources claim that the green pheasant is a subspecies of the common pheasant, though others claim that they are separate, though closely related, species. The green pheasant has three subspecies. The nominate subspecies, P. v. versicolor, is called the southern green pheasant or kiji. The Pacific green pheasant, P. v. tamensis, and northern green pheasant, P. v. robustipes, are the other two subspecies. There are some cases of hybrids between the green pheasant and the copper pheasant or common pheasant.[4]
Description
The male (cock) southern green pheasant, P. v. versicolor, has dark green plumage on the breast, neck, mantle, and flanks. The male also has a bluish-purplish hood with clear ear tufts, red wattles, and a long, pale grey-banded tail. The female (hen) is smaller than the male, with a shorter tail, and has brownish-black colored plumage, with dark brown feathers fringed pale brown.[3] The males of this subspecies have the darkest plumage, which is mainly green. The male Pacific green pheasant, P. v. tamensis, has lighter plumage than the nominate subspecies. Its feathers are more purple and blue. The male northern green pheasant, P. v. robustipes, has the lightest plumage and its crown and mantle are more bronze than those of the other subspecies. The females of all three subspecies look much more similar, though, like with the males, the females of P. v. versicolor normally have the darkest plumage and the females of P. v. robustipes have the lightest. [4]
Behavior
Diet
In the wild, green pheasants eat small animals, such as worms and insects, grains and plants. They are, in captivity, sometimes fed pellets, seeds, plants and live food.[4]
Breeding
The green pheasants' breeding season starts during March or April and ends in June. Green pheasants can first breed when they are about one year old. One clutch has between six and fifteen eggs. The eggs are incubated for 23 to 25 days.[4]
Egg
In culture
In Japan, many people claim that green pheasants are scared by earthquakes and 'scream'.[6] They are the national bird of Japan. [5]
Habitat and distribution
It is found throughout Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu as well as some smaller islands;[3] it has also been introduced in Hawaii[1] and (unsuccessfully) in North America as a gamebird. It inhabits woodlands and forest edges, brush, grassland, and parkland.[3]
This species is common and widespread throughout its native range. It often frequents farmlands and human settlements. The introduced populations in Hawaii are stable. Populations in Western Europe have perhaps bred with the common pheasant for a number of years and no pure green pheasants exist there any longer. This species has been crossed with the common pheasant on some game farms in North America and released.[4]
In its native range, the green pheasant outcompetes introduced populations of common pheasant; despite the two species close relation, they have differing ecological requirements, and the common pheasant is less adapted to the ecology of the green pheasant's range.
Conservation
Though the green pheasant has a decreasing population, its population is not severely fragmented. On a local and national level, they are used for food, sport hunting, specimen collecting and as pets or display animals. None of these practices are found on an international level.[1] The green pheasant is one of the 29 designated 'game species' in Japan. These are the only species that can legally be hunted. A hunting license is required.[7]
References
BirdLife International (2016). "Phasianus versicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22732650A95047948. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22732650A95047948.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
"Phasianus versicolor (Vieillot, 1825)". ITIS. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
Brazil, Mark (2009). Birds of East Asia. Christopher Helm. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-0-7136-7040-0.
Web, Avian. "Green Pheasants aka Japanese Green Pheasants". Beauty Of Birds. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
"Kokucho (The national bird)". japanlink.co.jp. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014. Declared national bird by a non-government body in 1947
Hiroshi Yamamoto. "On the "Cries" of the Green Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)Concerned to the Earthquake". J-STAGE.
"Wildlife Protection System and Hunting Law, Wildlife Conservation in Japan". Ministry of environment(government of Japan). Retrieved 2020-01-02.
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