Pheasant - Pheasant

Japanese: キジ(雉) - キジ
Pheasant - Pheasant
A general term for birds in the Phasianidae family of the order Galliformes. The Japanese pheasant, Phasianus colchicus (= P. vercicol ) (illustration), is the national bird of Japan (designated in 1947) and a hunting bird. It is widely distributed in the temperate zone of the Asian continent, and is a resident bird in Japan from Honshu to Yakushima and Tanegashima. However, some scholars distinguish between Japanese and continental pheasants as different species. Japanese pheasants are divided into four subspecies: the northern pheasant (northern Honshu, Sado), the Tokai pheasant (central and western Honshu, Shikoku), the Kyushu pheasant (southern Honshu, Kyushu, Goto Islands), and the Shima pheasant (part of Honshu, Yakushima, Tanegashima, Izu Islands).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
キジ目キジ科の鳥の総称。 キジPhasianus colchicus(=P.vercicol)(イラスト)は日本の国鳥で(1947指定)狩猟鳥。アジア大陸温帯部に広く分布し,日本にも本州から屋久島,種子島まで留鳥として分布する。しかし,学者によっては日本のものと大陸のものを別種として区別することもある。日本産のキジは,キタキジ(本州北部,佐渡),トウカイキジ(本州中部および西部,四国),キュウシュウキジ(本州南部,九州,五島列島),シマキジ(本州の一部,屋久島,種子島,伊豆諸島)の4亜種に分けられる。

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