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PHEASANT birds
- 1. PHEASANT
- 2. INDEX 1. INTRODUCTION 2. LIVING SPACE 3. FEATURES 4. FOOD 5. REPRODUCTION 6. ENEMIES 7. MEAT 8. MARKET 9. CONCLUSION
- 3. INTRODUCTION • PHEASANT ARE BIRDS CLASSED IN THE FAMILY OF PHASIANIDAE IN THE ORDER GALLIFORMES. • PHEASANT WERE NATIVE IN ASIA BEFORE DOMISTICATION AND AFTER DOMISTICATION THEY WERE INTRODUCED TO EUROPE BY THE ROMANS
- 4. PHEASANT PHENOTYPE: • PHEASANT IS A LARGE, CHICKEN-LIKE BIRD WITH A LONG, POINTED TAIL. IT HAS FAIRLY LONG LEGS, A SMALL HEAD, LONG NECK, AND PLUMP BODY,WITH A LEANGTH BETWEEN (50-70 CM),WEIGHT BETWEEN 500 TO 3000G AND WINGSPAN BETWEEN 56 TO 86 CM FOR BOTH SEXES • MAINLY MALE PHEASANT ARE RED FACES AND AN IRIDESCENT GREEN NECK WITH A BOLD WHITE RING. THE MALE’S VERY LONG TAIL IS COPPERY WITH THIN, BLACK BARS. FEMALES ARE BROWN WITH PALER SCALING ON THE UPPERPARTS; BUFF OR CINNAMON UNDERPARTS WITH BLACK SPOTTING ON THE SIDES; AND THIN, BLACK BARS ON THEIR TAILS.
- 5. MALE FEMALE
- 6. PHEASANTS MONGOLIAN RINGNECK-TYPE COMMON PHEASANT MALE SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION KINGDOM: ANIMALIA PHYLUM: CHORDATA CLASS: AVES ORDER: GALLIFORMES FAMILY: PHASIANIDAE SUBFAMILY: PHASIANINAE AND PAVONINAE CLASSIFICATION
- 7. DIFFERENT TYPES OF PHEASANT : Common (Ring-Necked) Pheasant Golden Pheasant SILVER PHEASANT Lady Amherst’s Pheasant Reeves’s Pheasant
- 8. LIVING SPACES • THE BIRDS ARE FOUND IN WOODLAND, FARMLAND, SCRUB, AND WETLANDS. IN ITS NATURAL HABITAT THE COMMON PHEASANT LIVES IN GRASSLAND NEAR WATER WITH SMALL COPSES OF TREES
- 9. DIET • IN THE WILDNESS PHEASANT IS AN OMNIVORE, IT CONSUME A WISE VARIETY OF PLANTS, INSECTS, AND SMALL ARTHROPODS. • THE PHEASANT EATS WHATEVER IS EASILY OBTAINED AND AVAILABLE • BUT IN CAPTIVITY THEIR MAIN DIET IS GRAIN AND COMMERICAL BLENDS (PELLETS OR MASH). THE COMMERICAL BLENDS AND RATIONS HAVE BEEN SCIENTIFICALLY FORMULATED TO INCLUDE ALL THE ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS NEEDED
- 10. REPRODUCTION • MATING SEASON: MARCH/ APRIL TILL JUNE • THE NEST IS SCRABBLED DINGLE WITH MAYBE OLD LEAVES • THE HEN LAYS 8-12OLIVE GREEN • CHICKS ECLOSE AFTER 23-25 DAYS • AFTER 8 WEEKS THEY ARE INDEPENDENT UNTIL THEN THEY ARE FEEDED BY THE HEN • IN CAPTIVITY FERTILE EGGS WILL BE PUTTED IN A HATCHERIE WITH THE SAME CONDITION OF CHICKEN EGGS AND THE CHICK WILL BE RAISED AND FEEDED THE SAME WAY
- 12. NATURAL ENEMIES: • THE NATURAL ENEMIES OF THE PHEASANT ARE ANIMALS LIKE THE FOX • BUT THE WORST ENEMY ARE HUMANS
- 13. MEAT •PHEASANT HAS A RICH FLAVOR AND IS LEAN. •PHEASANT MEAT IS HEALTHY, AND DELICIOUS (BETTER THAN CHICKEN, ON BOTH ACCOUNTS). •WHEN COOKED RIGHT, PHEASANT IS JUICY AND NOT DRY AS SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE. •PHEASANT HAS MORE PROTEIN, LESS FAT, AND LESS CHOLESTEROL THAN CHICKEN, TURKEY, AND BEEF. •AND IT HAS FEWER CALORIES THEN BEEF.
- 15. MARKET • PHEASANT PRODUCERS NEED TO RESEARCH MARKETS BEFORE STARTING PRODUCTION. • THERE ARE FOUR MAJOR MARKETS FOR PHEASANTS: HUNTING PRESERVES. GOURMET FOOD MARKETS (MOSTLY RESTAURANTS). PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WHO BUY LIVE BIRDS FOR CUSTOM SLAUGHTER. INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO RESTOCK BIRDS IN THE WILD.
- 16. CONCLUSION • PHEASANTS PROVIDE NUMEROUS ECOLOGICAL, COMMERCIAL, AESTHETIC, SPORT, AND NUTRITIONAL VALUES. • THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO VARIOUS FOOD CHAINS, CONSUMING GRAINS, BERRIES, AND OTHER VEGETATION AND BEING CONSUMED BY FOXES AND OTHER ANIMALS. • IN MANY COUNTRIES, PHEASANT SPECIES ARE HUNTED AS GAME, AND HAVE BEEN COMMERCIALLY RAISED FOR THIS PURPOSE AS WELL AS FOOD. • NUTRITIONALLY, THEY ARE A RICH SOURCE OF IRON, PROTEIN, NIACIN, AND OTHER NUTRIENTS.