#0571 · 🐦 birds

Ring-necked Pheasant

🇳🇱 Fazant ·Phasianus colchicus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Frank Lin · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © ilbirdguy · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © John Krampl · CC BY 4.0
4. © Jim Johnson · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Kurilin M S · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © albissers_grund · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © John Krampl · CC BY 4.0
8. © John Krampl · CC BY 4.0
9. © Soile Mottisenkangas · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Steve Waycott · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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base stats

NL sightings 1,882iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 76,532iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 1,882 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #40 most seen of the birds in NL.
76,532 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.