The green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), also known as Japanese green pheasant is a typical pheasant belonging to the family Phasianidae.

Males of this species have dark green plumage on the breast, neck, mantle, and flanks. The male also has bluish-purplish hood with clear ear-tufts, red wattle, and long, pale grey-banded tail. The female is smaller than the male, with a shorter tail, and has brownish black colored plumage, with dark brown feather fringed pale brown. The males of this subspecies have the darkest plumage, which is mainly green. The male Pacific Green Pheasants, P. v. tamensis, have lighter plumage than the nominate subspecies. Their feathers are more purple and blue. The male Northern Green Pheasant P. v. robustipes have the lightest plumage and their crown and mantle are more bronze than those of the other subspecies. The females of all three subspecies look much more similar, though, like with the males, the females of P.v versicolor normally have the darkest plumage and the females of P. v. robustipes have the lightest.

External links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_pheasant

See also

• avian
• bird
• galliform
• phasianid
• phasianus (genus)
• green_pheasant