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Simin Liu, Yang Liu, Edouard Jelen, Mansour Alibadian, Cheng‐Te Yao, Xintong Li, Nasrin Kayvanfar, Yutao Wang, Farhad S. M. Vahidi, Jian‐Lin Han, Gombobaatar Sundev, Zhengwang Zhang & Manuel Schweizer (2020). Regional drivers of diversification in the late Quaternary in a widely distributed generalist species, the common pheasant Phasianus colchicus

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jbi.13964

Abstract
Aim
Pleistocene climate and associated environmental changes have influenced phylogeographic patterns of many species. These not only depend on a species’ life history but also vary regionally. Consequently, populations of widespread species that occur in several biomes might display different evolutionary trajectories. We aimed to identify regional drivers of diversification in the common pheasant, a widely distributed ecological generalist.

Location
Asia.

Taxon
Common pheasant Phasianus colchicus.

Methods
Using a comprehensive geographical sampling of 204 individuals from the species’ entire range genotyped at seven nuclear and two mitochondrial loci, we reconstructed spatio‐temporal diversification and demographic history of the common pheasant. We applied Bayesian phylogenetic inference to describe phylogeographic structure, generated a species tree and inferred demographic history within and migration between lineages. Moreover, to establish a taxonomic framework, we conducted a species delimitation analysis.

Results
The common pheasant diversified during the Late Pleistocene into eight distinct lineages. It originated at the edge of the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau and spread to East and Central Asia. Only the widely distributed lowland lineage of East Asia displayed recent range expansion. Greater phylogeographic structure was identified elsewhere, with lineages showing no sign of recent demographic changes. One lineage in south‐central China is the result of long‐term isolation within a climatically stable but topographically complex region. In lineages from arid Central Asia and China, range expansions were impeded by repeated population fragmentation during dry glacial periods and by recent aridification.

Main conclusions
Spatio‐temporal phylogeographic frameworks of widespread taxa such as the common pheasant provide valuable opportunities to identify divergent drivers of regional diversification. Our results suggest that diversification and population histories in the eight distinct evolutionary lineages were shaped by regionally variable effects of past climate and associated environmental changes. The evolutionary history of the common pheasant is best reflected by its being split into three species.

Once again, of anyone can get the paper, I would be grateful to him or her
 
If this treatment is accepted, we will have the following species:

Phasianus colchicus
Phasianus elegans
Phasianus torquatus

However, does anyone know how the subspecies will be distributed?
 
If this treatment is accepted, we will have the following species:

Phasianus colchicus
Phasianus elegans
Phasianus torquatus

However, does anyone know how the subspecies will be distributed?

There is a tree in the supporting information from the link that you posted. Presuming from that:

elegans = elegans

torquatus = torquatus, formosanus, strauchi-vlangalli (e.g the other east Asian gray-rumped groups)

colchicus = colchicus, principalis-chrysomelas, mongolicus, tarimensis (e.g everything else to the west - the brown-rumped pheasants)

Without access to the paper, I can only assume that the other traditional named subspecies are considered subsumed within the eight groups listed above in accordance with typical groupings/treatments of the complex.

The inclusion of "strauchi-vlangalli" in the torquatus group suggests that elegans is not intended to include all those little northern Chinese/Mongolian groups. I'd say its likely that elegans includes rothschildi as they are quite similar. Satcheuensis could be in either the elegans or torquatus group but my guess might be the latter. Or more realistically that is where the two groups probably intergrade.
 
There is a tree in the supporting information from the link that you posted. Presuming from that:

elegans = elegans

torquatus = torquatus, formosanus, strauchi-vlangalli (e.g the other east Asian gray-rumped groups)

colchicus = colchicus, principalis-chrysomelas, mongolicus, tarimensis (e.g everything else to the west - the brown-rumped pheasants)

Without access to the paper, I can only assume that the other traditional named subspecies are considered subsumed within the eight groups listed above in accordance with typical groupings/treatments of the complex.

The inclusion of "strauchi-vlangalli" in the torquatus group suggests that elegans is not intended to include all those little northern Chinese/Mongolian groups. I'd say its likely that elegans includes rothschildi as they are quite similar. Satcheuensis could be in either the elegans or torquatus group but my guess might be the latter. Or more realistically that is where the two groups probably intergrade.

I saw the supplementary data and the article too, at least the Biorxiv version. There are at least thirty subspecies and not all are included in the figures, I'm not sure how to distribute them between each taxa
 
For that matter

𝙋𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙨 Linnaeus, 1758 – Faisan de Colchide
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘪 Buturlin, 1904
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘴 Severtzov, 1875
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 Linnaeus, 1758
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 Brandt, 1844
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 Severtzov, 1875
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 Sclater, 1885
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 Lorenz, 1888
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘪 Elliot, 1870
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 Lorenz, 1888
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 Pleske, 1889
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 Lorenz, 1896
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘯𝘺𝘪 Buturlin, 1904
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 Tarnovski, 1893

𝙋𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙨 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙨 Elliot, 1870 – Faisan ''élégant''
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴 Elliot, 1870
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪 La Touche, 1922

𝙋𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙨 Gmelin, 1789 – Faisan à collier (ou de Chine)
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 Alphéraky & Bianchi, 1908
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 Swinhoe, 1870
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘥𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 Sushkin, 1926
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 Elliot, 1870
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘪 Rothschild, 1901
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘪 Buturlin, 1904
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 Buturlin, 1904
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 Brandt, 1844
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘪 Rothschild, 1903
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪 La Touche, 1922
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 Pleske, 1892
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘬𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 Buturlin, 1908
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪 Przewalski, 1876
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘩𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 Bianchi, 1906
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘦 Delacour, 1927
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 Gmelin, 1789
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 Lorenz, 1896
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘷𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘪 Przewalski, 1876
 
For that matter

𝙋𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙨 Linnaeus, 1758 – Faisan de Colchide
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘪 Buturlin, 1904
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘴 Severtzov, 1875
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 Linnaeus, 1758
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 Brandt, 1844
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 Severtzov, 1875
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 Sclater, 1885
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 Lorenz, 1888
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘪 Elliot, 1870
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 Lorenz, 1888
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 Pleske, 1889
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 Lorenz, 1896
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘯𝘺𝘪 Buturlin, 1904
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 Tarnovski, 1893

𝙋𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙨 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙨 Elliot, 1870 – Faisan ''élégant''
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴 Elliot, 1870
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪 La Touche, 1922

𝙋𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙨 Gmelin, 1789 – Faisan à collier (ou de Chine)
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 Alphéraky & Bianchi, 1908
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 Swinhoe, 1870
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘥𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 Sushkin, 1926
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 Elliot, 1870
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘪 Rothschild, 1901
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘪 Buturlin, 1904
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 Buturlin, 1904
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 Brandt, 1844
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘪 Rothschild, 1903
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪 La Touche, 1922
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 Pleske, 1892
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘬𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 Buturlin, 1908
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𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘩𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 Bianchi, 1906
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𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 Lorenz, 1896
𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘷𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘪 Przewalski, 1876

What is this grouping from? Do the taxa in multiple groups suggest uncertainty of placement or that the taxon is split between the two?

The paper seems to have mongolicus squarely within the colchicus group, and although unsampled it would be reasonable to assume that turcestanicus would fall there as well.

Rothschildi seems to need sampling to find its fit, according to the study.
 
What is this grouping from? Do the taxa in multiple groups suggest uncertainty of placement or that the taxon is split between the two?

The paper seems to have mongolicus squarely within the colchicus group, and although unsampled it would be reasonable to assume that turcestanicus would fall there as well.

Rothschildi seems to need sampling to find its fit, according to the study.

There are errors in my suggestion, which error was corrected. E.g. rothschildi and turcestanicus appear twice under the wrong species.

Authors said that rothschildi look similar to elegans, so why not.

I tried to propose a more or less consistent treatment

Then, it's just hypothetical for now
 
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The 8 distinct lineages from Lui et al organised into 3 species are:

1. Phasianus elegans YUNNAN PHEASANT probably incl. ssp rothschildi

2. Phasianus colchicus TURKESTAN PHEASANT

a. Phasianus [c.] colchicus Black-necked Pheasant incl. sspp talischensis, persicus and presumably septentrionalis
b. Phasianus [c.] tarimensis Tarim Pheasant
c. Phasianus [c.] chrysomelas White-winged Pheasant incl. sspp principalis, bianchii, shawii and presumably zarudnyi, zerafschanicus
d. Phasianus [c.] mongolicus Kyrghyz Pheasant presumably incl. sspp turcestanicus

3. Phasianus torquatus CHINESE PHEASANT

a. Phasianus [t.] strauchi / vlangalii Grey-rumped Pheasant also incl. sspp suehschanensis, satscheuensis, hagenbecki, alaschanicus, kiangsuensis and presumably sohokhotensis, edzinensis
b. Phasianus [t.] torquatus Green-rumped Pheasant incl. sspp karpowi, pallasi, decollatus, takatsukasae
c. Phasianus [t.] formosanus Taiwan Pheasant

I'm not fond of their suggested English names for the three species, especially for torquatus... there are lots of pheasants in China and this one isn't restricted to that country.

Be good to know which of strauchi / vlangalii has priority. Guessing this has never been established?
 
Be good to know which of strauchi / vlangalii has priority. Guessing this has never been established?
Pages 116 and 119 of volume 2 of Przevalski's Mongollia i strana tangutov; trechletnee pooteshestvieh v voctochnoi pagornii Azeen. It'll need a first reviser to decide which name to use if they are to be lumped.

Can't find a copy of the book online, unfortunately (doesn't help that the citation is a transliteration from cyrillic text, and I can't find the original title either!).
 
I'm not fond of their suggested English names for the three species, especially for torquatus... there are lots of pheasants in China and this one isn't restricted to that country.
Obvious English name for P. torquatus is Ring-necked Pheasant.

Perhaps Western Pheasant for P. colchicus s.str.? It occurs much further west than any other pheasant.
 

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