Pheasants Mating, Display and Fighting

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Common pheasants are gamebirds that constitute the genus Phasianus, they are native to Asia and are known for their wattle structure, there are four extant species of common pheasant: the Black-Breasted Pheasant (Phasianus elegans), the Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), the Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus), and the Green Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), the black-breasted pheasant has six recognized subspecies within two subspecies groups: the Phasianus elegans elegans group that contains the Rothschild's Black-Breasted Pheasant (Phasianus elegans rothschildi), the Stone's Black-Breasted Pheasant (Phasianus elegans elegans), and the Qinghai Black-Breasted Pheasant (Phasianus elegans vlangallii) and the Phasianus elegans principalis group that contains the White-Winged Black-Breasted Pheasant (Phasianus elegans chrysomelas), the Bianchi's Black-Breasted Pheasant (Phasianus elegans bianchii), and the Prince of Wales's Black-Breasted Pheasant (Phasianus elegans principalis), the black-necked pheasant has twelve recognized subspecies within three subspecies groups: the Phasianus colchicus decollatus group that contains the Kweichow Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus decollatus) and the Sungpan Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus suehschanensis), the Phasianus colchicus tarimensis group that contains the Satchu Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus satscheuensis), the Gangdisi Shan Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus gangdisishanensis), the Tarim Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus tarimensis), and the Yarkland Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus shawii), and the Phasianus colchicus colchicus group that contains the Amu-Darya Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus zarudnyi), the Persian Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus persicus), the Talisch Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus talischensis), the Caucasian Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus colchicus), the Turkish Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus turcicus), and the Caspian Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus septentrionalis), the ring-necked pheasant has eighteen recognized subspecies within five subspecies groups: the Phasianus torquatus sohokhotensis group that contains the Strauch's Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus strauchi), the Sohokhoto Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus sohokhotensis), and the Alashan Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus alaschanicus), the Phasianus torquatus torquatus group that contains the Tonkinese Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus takatsukasae), the Shandong Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus shandongensis), the Sichuan Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus torquatus), the Hainan Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus hainanus), and the Formosan Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus formosanus), the Phasianus torquatus karpowi group that contains the Shansi Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus kiangsuensis), the Mandarin Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus liaoningensis), the Manchurian Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus pallasi), and the Korean Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus karpowi), the Phasianus torquatus hagenbecki group that contains the Kobdo Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus hagenbecki) and the Ruo Shui Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus edzinensis), and the Phasianus torquatus mongolicus group that contains the Mongolian Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus mongolicus), the Zerafshan Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus zerafschanicus), the Syr-Darya Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus turcestanicus), and the Aral Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus bergii), and the green pheasant has three recognized subspecies: the Southern Green Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor versicolor), the Pacific Green Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor tamensis), and the Northern Green Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor robustipes).