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Etymology

The Faisan term derives from the Latin phasianus (borrowed from the Greek φασιανός , properly “bird of the river of Phase. The Latin term directly gave its name to the kind Phasianus , that of the species Faisan of Colchide which lived on this river.

List species

Pheasants

Here the list of the species whose French standardized name comprises the pheasant term:

Pheasant leucomèle - Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos
silver plated - Lophura will nycthemera
imperial Faisan - Lophura imperialis
Faisan of Edwards - Lophura edwardsi
Faisan of Swinhoe - Lophura swinhoii
Faisan of Salvadori - Lophura inornata
Faisan with russet-red tail - Lophura erythrophthalma
noble Faisan - Lophura ignita

Faisan of Old-fashioned, Lophura ignita rufa

Faisan prelate - Lophura diardi
Faisan of Vietnam, Pheasant Lophura haitensis
of Sumatra Pheasant Lophura hoogerwerfi
of Bulwer - Pheasant Lophura bulweri
of Wallich - Pheasant Catreus wallichii
of Elliot - Pheasant Syrmaticus ellioti
of Hume - Syrmaticus humiae
Pheasant Mikado - scintillating Syrmaticus Pheasant Mikado
- Pheasant Syrmaticus soemmerringii
venerated - Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii
of Colchide or pheasant with collar Phasianus colchicus
Pheasant vareigated - Pheasant Phasianus versicolor
golden - Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
of Lady Amherst - Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae
of Wallich, Catreus wallichi

Made up names

pheasant Chemineau Dromococcyx phasianellus
Dove with pheasant tail, Macropygia phasianella

pheasant Coucal, Centropus phasianinus

See too

Wish of the pheasant and Banquet of the pheasant

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Afyonkarahisar (province) | Saint-Caprais (Gers) | Writings | Mirwart | The obscure Shield

Etymology

List species

Pheasants

Made up names

See too

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