Classification

Original description

Citation:
  Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.158

Protonym:
  Phasianus colchicus

Type locality:
  Africa, Asia = Rion [formerly Phasis].

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/177/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  79537DF33DEFAD53

Avibase ID:
  avibase-79537DF3

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/79537DF3

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 678052

Geographic range:

• Phasianus colchicus colchicus: eastern Georgia to northeastern Azerbaijan, southern Armenia, and northwestern Iran; a mixture of colchicus, torquatus, and other subspecies now widely introduced, including across Europe, New Zealand, the Hawaiian Islands, North America, and South America (southern Chile)
• Phasianus colchicus septentrionalis: northern Caucasus from Dagestan to north of the Volga Delta (Russia)
• Phasianus colchicus talischensis: southeastern Transcaucasia (Azerbaijan and north-central Iran)
• Phasianus colchicus turcestanicus: southern Kazakhstan (Syr Darya Valley) southeastward to the Fergana Basin in eastern Uzbekistan and the borders of Kyrgyzstan
• Phasianus colchicus persicus: southwestern Turkmenistan and northeastern Iran
• Phasianus colchicus zerafschanicus: southern Uzbekistan (Bukhara and Zerafshan Valley)
• Phasianus colchicus zarudnyi: central valleys of the Amu Darya River on the eastern Turkmenistan–Uzbekistan border
• Phasianus colchicus bianchii: upper valley of the Amu Darya River in southern Uzbekistan, southwestern Tajikistan, and extreme northern Afghanistan
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