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THE RING NECK PHEASANTS BIOLOGY AND RANGE
(Phasianus colchicus)
Common names are: ring neck, Chinese pheasant, and
English pheasant.
Close relatives are: golden pheasant, Sichuan pheasant.
Average length: rooster-30 to 36 inches at maturity
Average length: hen-21 to 25 inches at maturity
Average weight: rooster- 2.5 to 4 pounds
Average weight: hen- 2 to 2.5 pounds
Hen clutch size: 8 to 12 chicks
Breeding Habits: polygamous
Table (eating) quality: Excellent; large breast with
white meat.
Flight speed: 38 to 48 mph
Incubation: 23 days
Young: precoccial; leave nest immediately; can make
short flights at 12-14 days
Number broods per year: 1; will renest up to 4 times
Nest success: ave. 43%. Fledge: hen and brood separate
8-11 weeks post-hatch
Recruitment: ave. 3.7 young/hen
Migration: none; year-round resident
The ring neck pheasant rooster has a dark reddish copper
breast area, with lighter copper-colored sides and back,
a powder blue rump patch and a vivid white rind around
the neck area. The head is iridescent greenish-black,
with a red wattle or patch around the eye areas. The
brownish tail feathers measure 18-30 inches in length
and have numerous black bars through-out. The bright
colors make roosters attractive to the hens during
mating season.
The hen pheasant is a dull beige color, brown and crème
mottling from head to tail. These dull colors help to
camouflage hens from nest and brood predators during
the
hatching periods in the summer months. The hen’s tail
feathers are considerably shorter than those of the
rooster, only averaging 8 to 12 inches in length at
maturity.
The ring neck rooster is the only pheasant that has a
distinctive spur on the lower leg area. This “spur”
grows with the bird as he ages. Roosters that are less
than a year in age, have short, rounded spurs, thus
determining that the rooster is not older than two years
of age. The two year old rooster will have a longer,
sharper spur.
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