Belongs to: game birds

Pheasant Phasianus colchihus

Widespread ground-dwelling gamebird, male with unmistakable plumage

Habitat: wooded terrain, agricultural land with copses, hedges and reeds

Widespread and common resident

Male: bottle-green head, red wattle, brown rust body with long tail; female brown, heavily speckled

Often seen in open fields; flies only when disturbed; spends nights roosting in trees

Eats buds, shoots, spilled grain, berries and seeds

Nest is a hollow on ground

1 Brood April – June ; 7-15 plain olive-brown eggs