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Phasianus versicolor

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Location: Gifu pref, Japan.

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Japan.

[edit] Taxonomy

Regarded as conspecific with Common Pheasant by some authorities.^[1][2]

[edit] Subspecies

• P. v. versicolor - sw Honshu and Kyushu
• P. v. tanensis - central Honshu and Izu Islands
• P. v. robustipes - nw Honshu and Sado I.

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Sibley, CG and BL Monroe. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.

• List of references

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