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- ring-necked pheasant
ring-necked pheasant
noun
: a Eurasian pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) that has been widely introduced as a game bird in North America and in which the males have a white neck ring and an iridescent green and purplish head with red wattles around the eyes
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His acrylic paintings will be featured on the 2023 Wisconsin ring-necked pheasant, wild turkey and waterfowl stamps.
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Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2022
Results are not yet available from the 2021 spring ring-necked pheasant crowing survey and the rural mail carrier survey.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2021
Texas’ ring-necked pheasant populations hinge on the conservation willingness of landowners who also must put food on the table and are bound by business decisions of their own.
—Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 3 Dec. 2020
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Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2022
Results are not yet available from the 2021 spring ring-necked pheasant crowing survey and the rural mail carrier survey.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2021
Texas’ ring-necked pheasant populations hinge on the conservation willingness of landowners who also must put food on the table and are bound by business decisions of their own.
—Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 3 Dec. 2020
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