Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus

Common Pheasant cock
Common Pheasant
The Common Pheasant originated in the Caucasus. The genus name "Phasianus" and the species name "colchicus" relate to Georgian place names. The cock pheasant has a beautiful iridescent blue-green-purple head, neck and chest and a scarlet, heart-shaped wattle. The female is a plainer light brown.
Common Pheasant cock
Common Pheasant
The nominate (Caucasian) subspecies of Common Pheasant has NO WHITE NECK COLLAR. The one above has a slight patch of collar on the left, indicating it is not pure-bred. Mongolian and Chinese subspecies have white neck collars, the former with a dark rump and the latter with a light rump. The common European/American Ring-necked Pheasant, which generally has a three-quarter, white collar, is a stable hybrid population of various subspecies of Common Pheasant (and possibly also the Japanese Green Pheasant) imported/bred for hunting.
Ring-necked Pheasant The rump is ginger. The tail of the male is longer than his body.
Common Pheasant A Ring-necked version - this one with bluish neck and also with a white-fringed skull cap.
Common Pheasant female
Common Pheasant female
Common Pheasant female white
The hen is a camouflaged brown, similar to the hen Ring-necked. Like the Ring-necked hen, there are white and fawn versions.