Phasianus


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Noun1.Phasianus - type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasantsPhasianus - type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants
bird genus - a genus of birds
family Phasianidae, Phasianidae - pheasants; quails; partridges
pheasant - large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
Phasianus colchicus, ring-necked pheasant - common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring
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Although I do not know of any thoroughly well-authenticated cases of perfectly fertile hybrid animals, I have some reason to believe that the hybrids from Cervulus vaginalis and Reevesii, and from Phasianus colchicus with P.
(4) A pedicle-advancement flap was also used to cover head wounds in a ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), a rock dove (Columba livia), and a red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis).
For the common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), percent vertical and horizontal obstructions were the top two predictors of nest success, suggesting that no single set of habitat characteristics might offer protection from a diverse predator community that featured a diverse array of nest-searching techniques and detection abilities.
wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo; ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus), supplying feed resulted in increased chick production, earlier nest initiation and improved body condition (Pattee and Beasom 1979, Draycott et al.
In each aviary there were 200 chicks of the common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus).
Experimental toxoplasmosis in Pheasants (Phasianus Colchicus).
The histopathological effects of Cd on liver of broiler chickens, Pekin ducks and growing Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) were also observed [18-22].
To study the influence of egg weight on internal and external quality egg parameters and biometrical traits of hatched chicks, a total of 450 eggs of ring necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicums) were collected.
In 1935 he had already imported wild animals from Germany, including 44 pheasants (Phasianus colchicus), 15 roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), and 6 red deer (Cervus elaphus) (Correo de Valdivia, 1935).