Ring-necked Pheasant
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Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Insufficient data
overall probability at Tongariro National Park
4 Verified records at Tongariro National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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. It is native to Asia, where it is widespread, and also to the extreme southeast of Europe in the northern foothills of the Caucasus Mountains. It has been widely introduced elsewhere as a game bird. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Tongariro National Park

Wild Turkey
LC Endemic

Wild Turkey

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Meleagris gallopavo

Insufficient data
Common Peafowl
LC

Common Peafowl

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pavo cristatus

Insufficient data
California Quail
LC Endemic

California Quail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Callipepla californica

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Ring-necked Pheasant at Tongariro National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
60–70%
2 Hortobágy National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
50–60%
3 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
50–60%
4 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
30–40%
5 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
20–30%
6 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China
20–30%
7 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
10–20%
8 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
10–20%
9 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
10 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
5–10%
11 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%
12 Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
13 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
14 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%
15 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
16 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
17 Elk Island National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
18 Aoraki Mount Cook National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
19 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
20 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
21 Tongariro National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
22 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
23 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
Insufficient data
24 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
Insufficient data
25 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
Insufficient data
26 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
27 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
28 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
29 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
30 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
31 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
32 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
33 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
34 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
35 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
36 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
37 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
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