Listen to the common pheasant
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About the common pheasant
The common pheasant is a bird in the family Phasianidae (order Galliformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 68 cm.
What does the common pheasant sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), ring-necked pheasant, or blue-headed pheasant, is a bird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae). The genus name comes from Latin phasianus 'pheasant'. The species name colchicus is Latin for 'of Colchis' (modern day Georgia), a country on the Black Sea where pheasants became known to Europeans. Although Phasianus was previously thought to be closely related to the genus Gallus, the genus of junglefowl and domesticated chickens, recent studies show that they are in different subfamilies, having diverged over 20 million years ago.
More from the family Phasianidae
Chicken
Gallus gallus domesticus
Common quail
Coturnix coturnix
Indian peafowl
Pavo cristatus
Western capercaillie
Tetrao urogallus
Red junglefowl
Gallus gallus
Black grouse
Lyrurus tetrix
Hazel grouse
Tetrastes bonasia
Wild turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Rock ptarmigan
Lagopus muta
Congo peafowl
Afropavo congensis
Grey junglefowl
Gallus sonneratii
Great argus
Argusianus argus
Frequently asked questions
What does a common pheasant sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the common pheasant on this page, including its call and song. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the common pheasant endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the common pheasant as “least concern”.
What family does the common pheasant belong to?
The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) belongs to the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.
Sources & credits
- PhasianusColchicusSlovakia by SanoAK: Alexander Kürthy – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Berkel en Rodenrijs, Lansingerland, Zuid-Holland… by Jochem verweij – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Dordt College Prairie, Sioux, Iowa, United States by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Dordt College Prairie, Sioux, Iowa, United States by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Omerville, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France by Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call, song by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q25432 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Common pheasant – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by W. Bulach – CC BY-SA 4.0