Markus Johannsen/ BIA / Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male, Lower Saxony, Germany

Ernie Janes / Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male flying to roost at sunset with trees silhouetted in background England, UK. December.

Konrad Wothe / Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male calling, East Frisian Islands, Wittbulten National Park. Wadden Sea UNESCO World Heritage Site, Germany, June.

Donald M. Jones / Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male, western Montana

Thomas Hinsche / Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male in terriorial display, Texel, Netherlands

Thomas Hinsche / Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male, Texel, Netherlands

Bence Mate / Head portrait of male Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary

Edwin Giesbers / Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) on grassland. The Netherlands.

Colin Varndell / Male Common pheasant ( Phasianus colchicus) in meadow full of buttercups, Dorset, UK, June

Ernie Janes / Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male and female in spring, England, UK, May.

Andy Sands / Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male in long grass at edge of arable field, Hertfordshire, England, UK, May

Duncan Usher / Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) males in territorial fight, Texel, Netherlands