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Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) | |||
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septentrionalis | N Caucasus | ||
colchicus | Eastern Georgia to northeastern Azerbaijan, southern Armenia and northwestern Iran. Pheasants representing a mixture of colchicus, torquatus, and other subspecies now are widely introduced around the world, including across Europe, on New Zealand, th | ||
talischensis | SE Transcaucasia | ||
persicus | SW Transcaspia | ||
turcestanicus | Southern Kazakhstan (Syr Darya Valley) southeast to the Fergana Basin in eastern Uzbekistan and the borders of Kyrgyzstan | ||
mongolicus | NE Russian Turkestan | ||
principalis | S Russian Turkestan and n Afghanistan | ||
chrysomelas | Turkestan (upper River Amudar'ya) | ||
zerafschanicus | S Uzbekistan (Bukhara and Zerafshan Valley) | ||
zarudnyi | Turkestan (valleys of central Amudar'ya) | ||
bianchii | Turkestan (Amudar'ya delta) | ||
shawii | Chinese Turkestan | ||
tarimensis | E-central Chinese Turkestan | ||
hagenbecki | NW Mongolia | ||
edzinensis | S-central Mongolia | ||
satscheuensis | N-central China (extreme w Gansu) | ||
vlangalii | N-central China (n Qinghai) | ||
alaschanicus | North central China, in the foothills of the Helan (Alashan) Mountains | ||
sohokhotensis | N-central China (Sohokhoto Oasis and Qilian Shan) | ||
pallasi | SE Siberia and ne China | ||
karpowi | NE China (s Manchuria and n Liaoning) to Korea | ||
kiangsuensis | NE China (n Shanxi and Shaanxi) to se Mongolia | ||
strauchi | Central China (s Shaanxi and s Gansu) | ||
suehschanensis | W-central China (nw Sichuan) | ||
elegans | W-central China (w Sichuan) | ||
decollatus | Central China (Sichuan to Liaoning, ne Yunnan and Guizhou) | ||
torquatus | E China (Shandong) to Vietnam border. Pheasants representing a mixture of colchicus, torquatus, and other subspecies now are widely introduced around the world, including across Europe, on New Zealand, the Hawaiian Islands, and North America | ||
rothschildi | SW China (e Yunnan) and n Vietnam | ||
takatsukasae | S China and n Vietnam | ||
formosanus | Taiwan | ||
Endemic status | Not endemic | ||
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