Somewhere I saw (about 2 years ago I think) a map showing original native range plus a different color for the introduced range.
I thought it might be the map in HBW, but I just looked and it's not. I'll keep looking. Just remember, however, that it's only Ring-necked Pheasant in the USA (Canada? don't know). The rest of the world including its native range calls it Common Pheasant. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Pheasant> "The Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), is a bird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae). It is native to the country of Georgia (Ancient Colchis) and has been widely introduced elsewhere as a game bird. In parts of its range, namely in places where none of its relatives occur such as in Europe (where it is naturalized), it is simply known as the "pheasant". Ring-necked Pheasant is both the name used for the species as a whole in North America and also the collective name for a number of subspecies and their intergrades which have white neck rings. The word pheasant is derived from the ancient town of Phasis, the predecessor of the modern port city of Poti in Western Georgia." Doug douglas chapman [email protected] On Oct 23, 2012, at 1:25 PM, Carl Kurtz wrote: > Inger-here are two web sites which give what appears to be good information > although there seem to be discrepancies as to its original range. > > Most of us think of them as the Chinese Ring-necked Pheasant. We have > occasionally had birds without a white neck ring. > > http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/wildlife/pdf_files/outreach/fact_sheets/pheasant.pdf > > http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/ring-necked-pheasant/ > > Carl Kurtz > > > On Oct 23, 2012, at 1:14 PM, Inger Lamb wrote: > >> I’m trying to find the range map of where ring-necks originally occurred. I >> know that’s not Iowa! Just wondering where they are actually native. >> >> Thanks- >> >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Inger Lamb >> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 12:00 PM >> To: IA-BIRD >> Subject: [ia-bird] pheasant range map? >> >> Anyone have a map of the original range for ring-necked pheasants? Can’t >> seem to find one on the ‘net. >> >> Thanks - >> >> Inger Lamb >> >> Prairie Landscapes of Iowa LLC >> www.prairielandscapes.com >> 515.250.1693 (cell/messages) >> 515.963.7681 (land line) >> >> --- >> Please contribute your sightings to our list; it is only as good as members >> make it! >> --- >> Birding channel recommendation for FRS/GMRS radio use: >> Primary selection; channel 5/0 , alternate selection; channel 6/0 >> --- >> This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership >> available on-line athttp://www.iowabirds.org/iou/PayDues.aspx. >> ----- >> You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected] >> --- >> Please contribute your sightings to our list; it is only as good as members >> make it! >> --- >> Birding channel recommendation for FRS/GMRS radio use: >> Primary selection; channel 5/0 , alternate selection; channel 6/0 >> --- >> This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership >> available on-line athttp://www.iowabirds.org/iou/PayDues.aspx. >> ----- >> You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected] > > --- > Please contribute your sightings to our list; it is only as good as members > make it! > --- > Birding channel recommendation for FRS/GMRS radio use: > Primary selection; channel 5/0 , alternate selection; channel 6/0 > --- > This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership > available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/PayDues.aspx. > ----- > You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected] --- Please contribute your sightings to our list; it is only as good as members make it! --- Birding channel recommendation for FRS/GMRS radio use: Primary selection; channel 5/0 , alternate selection; channel 6/0 --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/PayDues.aspx. ----- You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected]
