Phasianus Temporal range: Late Miocene-Recent,
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Mongolian ringneck-type common pheasant (P. colchicus) cock | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Tribe: | Phasianini |
Genus: | Phasianus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Phasianus colchicus | |
Species | |
The "typical" pheasant genus Phasianus in the family Phasianidae consists of two species. The genus name is Latin for pheasant.