"Tenebrosus" Pheasant Phasianus colchicus var. tenebrosus

The male pheasant above was in Kazakhstan and said to be a Japanese (Green) Pheasant, Phasianus versicolor. While he is obviously not a Japanese (versicolor) which has a metallic green front and back with blue neck, neither does he seem to be the Common Pheasant var. tenebrosus , often called a dark or "melanistic" pheasant (not melanistic either -- little black plumage) which also has mainly green or blue body plumage. He may be a Caucasian Common Pheasant?

The dark hen pheasant above was with the male and also said to be a "Japanese" Pheasant (P. versicolor). Hen Japanese Pheasants are mottled slightly darker than typical Common Pheasant hens, but much paler than the above bird. She looks like a typical female Tenebrosus Pheasant (P. colchicus var. tenebrosus) with dark brown, light-edged feathers and a purple iridescent gloss around the neck and shoulders.