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Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus · Family Phasianidae
Phasianus colchicus
Family Phasianidae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,439,995
- Countries and territories with records
- 110
About this species
This species has 3,439,995 occurrence records from 110 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (23.6%), the United Kingdom (15%), the Netherlands (11%), Sweden (8.6%) and Belgium (7.6%); together they account for 65.9% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.073% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Phasianus colchicus combines the genus name Phasianus with the species epithet colchicus. The Warbla app catalog lists one other species of the genus Phasianus: Phasianus versicolor.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 164 species of the family Phasianidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 41 times the family average (83,905). The family Phasianidae belongs to the order Galliformes, which has 278 species in the Warbla app catalog.