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Definition of Pheasants

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Ruffed Ruffed, a. Furnished with a ruff. Ruffed grouse (Zo["o]l.), a North American grouse (Bonasa umbellus) common in the wooded districts of the Northern United States. The male has a ruff of brown or black feathers on each side of the neck, and is noted for the loud drumming sound he makes during the breeding season. Called also tippet grouse, partridge, birch partridge, pheasant, drummer, and white-flesher. ruffed lemur (Zo["o]l.), a species of lemur (lemur varius) having a conspicuous ruff on the sides of the head. Its color is varied with black and white. Called also ruffed maucaco.
Pheasant
Pheasant Pheas"ant, n. [OE. fesant, fesaunt, OF. faisant, faisan, F. faisan, L. phasianus, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the Phasian bird, pheasant, fr. ? a river in Colchis or Pontus.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus, and many other genera of the family Phasianid[ae], found chiefly in Asia.

Meaning of Pheasants from wikipedia

- amherstiae) Typical pheasants (genus Phasi****) Green pheasant (P. versicolor) Common pheasant (P. colchicus) Caucasus pheasants, Phasi**** colchicus...
- phasi****, "pheasant". The species name colchicus is Latin for "of Colchis" (modern day Georgia), a country on the Black Sea where pheasants became known...
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. Ramel, Gordon (12 July 2023). "Golden Pheasants or Chinese Pheasants, aka Red Golden Pheasant". Earthlife.net. Retrieved 3 February 2024. Long...
- c. tibet**** (Baker, 1914) – Tibetan blood pheasanteastern Bhutan and southern Tibet Blood pheasants live in the mountains of Nepal, Sikkim, northern...
- Nathaniel Wallich. These birds lack the color and brilliance of most pheasants, with buffy gray plumage and long, gray crests. Its long tail has 18 feathers...
- regime would be introduced in 2021 for releases of pheasants within 500m of protected sites. Pheasants are shot on the traditional formal "driven shoot"...
- the grey pea****-pheasant. The systematics of the genus are somewhat unclear. Molecular research has revealed that pea****-pheasants are not genetically...
- the pheasants, New York Zoological Society, 1918-1922, Bd. 3, S. 197 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Pheasants, partridges...
- national bird of Taiwan (along with the Swinhoe's pheasant and Taiwan blue magpie), a pair of Mikado pheasants and Yushan National Park, one of the areas it...
- including the ring-necked pheasants. This usage is most common in the United States where the bird is widely naturalized. Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)...