PHEASANT birds

presentation about phesant birds specification and life style

1. Pheasant

2. Index INTRODUCTION Living space Features Food Reproduction Enemies MEAT MARKET 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

11. NATURAL Enemies: The natural enemies of the pheasant are animals like the fox But the worst enemy are humans

12. 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.

13. 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. 

14. 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.

15. REFERENCES: https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/birds/grouse-partridges-pheasant-and-quail/pheasant https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ring-necked_Pheasant/id http://www.gbwf.org/pheasants/pheasant_diets.php https://www.pfcalgary.ca/portfolio-item/pheasant-life-cycle/ https://www.google.com/search?q=pheasant+meat+vs+chicken&rlz=1C1GCEA_enLB995LB995&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNjPjKrKj2AhXKgs4BHZyNDiUQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1366&bih=600&dpr=1#imgrc=lmNKERuINo_wdM