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PHEASANT
Phasianus colchicus
 Pheasant photo © Tommy Holden
 
Conservation Listings

Unlisted/Green
Biodiversity Steering Group: Unlisted
  Long term trend
UK: Moderate increase
 
Status Summary
Pheasants have increased in abundance since 1980, although the CBC index indicates a sharp drop in the size of the population in the late 1990s. The BBS shows a large increase in Pheasant abundance in Wales, an area less well-covered by the CBC, during 2000. Numbers of this introduced gamebird are determined principally by releases for shooting (Marchant et al. 1990).
 
 
Table of population changes for Pheasant
Source Period
(yrs)		 Years Plots
(n)		 Change
(%)		 Lower
limit		 Upper
limit		 Alert Comment
CBC all habitats 31 1968-1999 126 27 4 64    
  25 1974-1999 133 19 0 50    
  10 1989-1999 143 0 -12 12    
  5 1994-1999 148 -10 -17 -2    
CBC farmland 31 1968-1999 64 36 2 95    
  25 1974-1999 65 26 -1 53    
  10 1989-1999 75 9 -5 24    
  5 1994-1999 78 -7 -18 4    
CBC woodland 31 1968-1999 41 24 0 144    
  25 1974-1999 46 20 -6 107    
  10 1989-1999 53 -11 -25 7    
  5 1994-1999 55 -13 -25 -3    
BBS UK 6 1994-2000 1223 41 33 49    
BBS England 6 1994-2000 1036 15 10 21    
BBS Scotland 6 1994-2000 99 -14 -30 5    
BBS Wales 6 1994-2000 61 627 418 921    
The Breeding Bird Survey is jointly funded by BTO, JNCC and RSPB
 
 
Productivity information is not currently available for this species
 




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This report should be cited as:
Baillie, S.R., Crick, H.Q.P., Balmer, D.E., Beaven, L.P., Downie, I.S., Freeman, S.N., Leech, D.I., Marchant, J.H.,
Noble, D.G., Raven, M.J., Simpkin, A.P., Thewlis, R.M. and Wernham, C.V. (2002) Breeding Birds in the Wider
Countryside: their conservation status 2001. BTO Research Report No. 278. BTO, Thetford. (http://www.bto.org/birdtrends)

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