Geographic range:

• Phasianus colchicus colchicus: E Georgia to ne Azerbaijan, s Armenia and nw Iran. Pheasants representing a mixture of colchicus, torquatus, and other subspecies now are widely introduced around the world, including across Europe, on New Zealand, the Hawaiian Islands, and North America.
• Phasianus colchicus septentrionalis: N Caucasus
• Phasianus colchicus talischensis: SE Transcaucasia
• Phasianus colchicus turcestanicus (turcestanicus): Kazakhstan (Valley of River Syrdar'ya)
• Phasianus colchicus turcestanicus (bergii): Islands in Aral Sea
• Phasianus colchicus persicus: SW Transcaspia
• Phasianus colchicus zerafschanicus: S Uzbekistan (Bukhara and Zerafshan Valley)
• Phasianus colchicus zarudnyi: Turkestan (valleys of central Amudar'ya)
• Phasianus colchicus bianchii: Turkestan (Amudar'ya delta)
• Phasianus colchicus torquatus: E China (Shandong) to Vietnam border. Pheasants representing a mixture of colchicus, torquatus, and other subspecies now are widely introduced around the world, including across Europe, on New Zealand, the Hawaiian Islands, and North America
• Phasianus colchicus formosanus: Taiwan
• Phasianus colchicus satscheuensis: N-central China (extreme w Gansu)
• Phasianus colchicus vlangalii: N-central China (n Qinghai)
• Phasianus colchicus alaschanicus: north central China, in the foothills of the Helan (Alashan) Mountains
• Phasianus colchicus sohokhotensis: N-central China (Sohokhoto Oasis and Qilian Shan)
• Phasianus colchicus pallasi: SE Siberia and ne China
• Phasianus colchicus karpowi: NE China (s Manchuria and n Liaoning) to Korea
• Phasianus colchicus kiangsuensis: NE China (n Shanxi and Shaanxi) to se Mongolia
• Phasianus colchicus strauchi: Central China (s Shaanxi and s Gansu)
• Phasianus colchicus suehschanensis: W-central China (nw Sichuan)
• Phasianus colchicus elegans: W-central China (w Sichuan)
• Phasianus colchicus decollatus: Central China (Sichuan to Liaoning, ne Yunnan and Guizhou)
• Phasianus colchicus rothschildi: SW China (e Yunnan) and n Vietnam
• Phasianus colchicus takatsukasae: S China and n Vietnam
• Phasianus colchicus tarimensis: E-central Chinese Turkestan
• Phasianus colchicus shawii: Chinese Turkestan
• Phasianus colchicus mongolicus: NE Russian Turkestan
• Phasianus colchicus edzinensis: S-central Mongolia
• Phasianus colchicus hagenbecki: NW Mongolia
• Phasianus colchicus principalis: S Russian Turkestan and n Afghanistan
• Phasianus colchicus chrysomelas: Turkestan (upper River Amudar'ya)
• Phasianus versicolor versicolor: Japan (sw Honshu and Kyushu). Pheasants of the polytypic group Ring-necked Pheasant (Green) Phasianus colchicus [versicolor Group] now are widely introduced around the world, including across Europe, on the Hawaiian Islands, and in North America
• Phasianus versicolor robustipes: Japan (nw Honshu and Sado I.)
• Phasianus versicolor tanensis: Japan (central Honshu) and Izu Islands
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