Dark Green-Black Melanistic Mutant Pheasant
A variety of the Melanistic Mutant Pheasant
Pheasant · Olive eggs · Game
At a glance
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Scientific name
- Phasianus colchicus var.
- Eggs per year
- ~50
- Egg colour
- Olive
- Incubation
- 24 days
- Broodiness
- Low
- Cold hardiness
- Hardy
- Sizes
- Standard
- Purpose
- Game
- Purity
- Pure
- Auto-sexing
- Yes
About the Dark Green-Black Melanistic Mutant Pheasant
The dark green-black plumage is this pheasant's whole identity: cocks are near-uniformly dark, glossed with an iridescent greenish-blue (and shifting violet) sheen that comes from feather microstructure rather than pigment, while hens are a duller greenish-black. A colour mutation of the Common Pheasant first noted in the Victorian British countryside, it breeds true and is hardy. Reared as a striking game and ornamental bird, it survives and reproduces notably well after release into the wild.
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