Common pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

The Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) is a bird found in United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, France, and 3 more countries. Farms and woodland edges across Asia, Europe and North America. It eats fruit, seeds and nuts and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

See the Common pheasant on the 3D globe →

Scientific name	Phasianus colchicus
Region	Asia
Found in	United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, France, and 3 more countries

🏡 Where the Common pheasant lives

Farms and woodland edges across Asia, Europe and North America.

🍽️ What it eats

🍎 Fruit30%
🌰 Seeds & nuts30%
🌿 Leaves & plants30%
🐛 Insects & bugs10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 Males are boldly coloured, with a white ring around their neck.

Hear the Common pheasant

Recorded by Bo Shunqi 薄顺奇 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC992620. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Common pheasant

Where does the Common pheasant live?

The Common pheasant lives in United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, France, and 3 more countries. Farms and woodland edges across Asia, Europe and North America.

What does the Common pheasant eat?

fruit (about 30%), seeds and nuts (about 30%), leaves and other plant parts (about 30%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Common pheasant endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Asia

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.