Birdwatchers - What is this bird?

This was a pheasant photographed on our farm in central Ohio. It was feeding from the bird feeders in different places.

It was not the normal OH pheasant, which has a russet colored chest and is colored quite differently. Its front was blue and the feathers on its back were white on blue-green. Its tail was very light, almost white.

What is it?

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Pheasant
• wildlife
• bird
• strange
• birdwatchers
• identify
• ring-neck
• ringneck
• unusual
• weird
• unique
• rare

[westphalianprinz]

Melanistic common/ringneck pheasant.

[Pablo7rh]

It may be a cross between a ringneck pheasant and a reeves pheasant

[cannislupus1000]

it looks like Green Pheasant, Phasianus versicolor x ringneck



[spyderz1303]

Not even sure if its a melanistic cock pheasant, I think they breed them like that.

[johannrecht67]

they all taste the same....good!

[LtPaddlesWebb]

That's a ring-neck pheasant with a few feathers missing.

[hiltonsamuel]

black rin necked phesant

[Retrieverman1]

Melanistic cock common pheasant.

[thedangerousgypsie]

A melanistic pheasant sorry :)

[thedangerousgypsie]

A melanstic pheasant :)

[1pheas2]

your half right jummye669. its a cross between a melinistic mutant and a ring-neck pheasant. breeders have been on a "cross kick" the past few years and seem to be cross breeding everything.

[jimmye6669]

Yes I agree with my friend pigproducer its a Melanistic pheasant. No theirs no color mutation or any of anything else.