(Pheasant) ID Help please.

santasbird

Hi new to boards. Came home today to see this in my back garden. Any ideal what type of pheasant it is? Not sure if image appeared.

littlebug

Hi Santasbird,


If you are linking to the image in e.g flickr or pix.ie then you can follow the instructions below from the Newbies and FAQ forum

You don't have to have anything written in the Message box to embed a picture. Text can be entered before or after you insert a picture into your post
Click the little square yellow box with tony mountains in the foreground. It looks like this:
In the box that says "Please enter the URL of your image:", paste in the URL of the picture you want to embed in your post, and click OK

If you are uploading it from your own computer click on the "manage attachments" below the text box and you will see the appropriate options.
Let us know if you're still having trouble with it.
lb

santasbird

Thanks littlebug. Have tried to download from my computer. Here goes.




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V Bull

It's a male pheasant with different head markings. Usually they have the white ring on their neck, thick or thin, some don't. When you reference a pheasant in your guide book, this is the picture that they usually show...



Female on left, male on right, taken in Avoca, Co. Wicklow area Monday 11/04/2011.

santasbird

Yes. I did look it up in my book and your picture is what I found. Thought it might have been a Reeves Pheasant. Colouring on head was the same. Possibly an escapee from somewhere.

Tiercel Dave

Reeves are sometimes crossed with normal Ringnecks to produce birds with longer tails.

santasbird

ok. That would explain the long tail.
Ps. Was quite tame, I approached and it fed while I stood beside it.

cosmic

Wow, it's stunning! I'd love to have a visitor like that!

santasbird

Yeah not bad for a suburban garden.

trebor28

a friend of mine released a few of these recently.


called melanistic pheasants.
havent seen one myself but they look nice.