Class: Aves

Order: Galliformes

Family: Phasianidae

Genus: Phasianus

Species: colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

 

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Habitat Requirements

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Management

Literature Cited

Literature Cited

Belrose, F.C., and D.J. Holme. 1994. Ecology and Management of the Wooduck. Stack Pole Book. Mechanicsburg, PA.

Diefenbach, D.R., C.F. Riegner, and T.S. Hardisky. 2000. Harvest and reporting rates of game-farm ring-necked pheasants. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 28(4): 1050-1059.

Giudice, J.H., and J.T. Ratti. 2001. Ring-necked Pheasant            (Phasianus colchius). In The Birds of North America, No. 572          (A.Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc.           Philadelphia, PA.

ITIS Report Page.                               http://www.mbr.nbs.gov/id/framlst/i3091id.html

Jefferson, J. 2001-2002. Hunting and fishing regulations. Texas          Parks and Wildlife Outdoor Annual.

Johnsgard, P.A. 1999. The pheasants of the world. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, D.C. .

Meyer, J.R. December 2000. Have a pheasant holiday. Texas Parks and Wildlife Pgs: 18-22.

Payne, N.F., and F.C. Bryant. 1994. Techniques for wildlife habitat management of uplands. McGraw-Hill, Inc. New York.

Sell, R. 1993. Ringneck pheasants.                       http://ndsuext.nodak.edu/extpubs/alt-ag/pheasan.htm

The ring-necked pheasant in North Dakota. 1992. North Dakota Outdoors 54(7): 5-20. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Home Page. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/pheasant/pheasant.htm (Version 16JUL97).