Common Pheasant (male) - Phasianus colchicus

The beautiful Common Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus - is also known as the Ring-Necked Pheasant. Although native to Asia and parts of Europe like the Balkans, it has been introduced to many parts of the world as a game bird where it has become one of the world's most hunted birds, much of this commercially at farms and hunting lodges etc. etc. This rather wet male was a rare visitor to the wall behind our house, only spotted when I went to close a window because of rain. I got some shots through the rain streaked window which were not good, I then went downstairs, carefully slid open the patio door a few inches and managed to get a couple of shots before he spotted me and walked away along the wall.

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