Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Scientific name definitions
- Names (49)
- Subspecies (33)
John H. Giudice and John T. Ratti
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Armenian | Անդրկովկասյան փասիան |
| Asturian | Faisán de la Cólquide |
| Azerbaijani | Adi qırqovul |
| Basque | Faisai arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Колхидски фазан |
| Catalan | Faisà comú |
| Chinese | 環頸雉 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 环颈雉/绿雉 |
| Croatian | Fazan |
| Czech | bažant obecný |
| Danish | Fasan |
| Dutch | Fazant |
| English (UK) | Common Pheasant |
| English (United Arab Emirates) | Common Pheasant |
| English (United States) | Ring-necked Pheasant |
| Finnish | fasaani |
| French | Faisan de Colchide |
| Gallegan | Faisán común |
| German | Jagdfasan |
| Greek | (Κοινός) Φασιανός |
| Haitian (Haiti) | Faisan |
| Hebrew | פסיון מצוי |
| Hungarian | Fácán |
| Icelandic | Fashani |
| Italian | Fagiano comune |
| Japanese | キジ |
| Korean | 꿩 |
| Latvian | Parastais fazāns |
| Lithuanian | Medžiojamasis fazanas |
| Mongolian | Зэрлэг гургуул |
| Norwegian | fasan |
| Persian | قرقاول |
| Polish | bażant |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Faisão |
| Romanian | Fazan |
| Russian | Фазан |
| Serbian | Fazan |
| Slovak | bažant obyčajný |
| Slovenian | Fazan |
| Spanish | Faisán Vulgar |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Faisán Común |
| Spanish (Chile) | Faisán de collar |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Faisán de collar |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Faisán |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Faisán de Collar |
| Spanish (Spain) | Faisán vulgar |
| Swedish | fasan/grön fasan |
| Turkish | Sülün |
| Ukrainian | Фазан |
Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Phasianus colchicus
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. ed.10, p.158.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Africa, Asia = Rion [formerly Phasis].
Definitions
- PHASIANUS
- phasianus
- colchica / colchicus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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