Melanistic/Ringneck

[Backstrap]

Took this bird on a west side release site this weekend. Thought I’d share...

[Badhabit]

Ptobably not. There are 2 varieties of pheas. Chinese and Mongolian. Probably a Chinese variety. They have a lot more white. I shot a chinese pen raised in Idaho years ago.

[boneaddict]

[Samloffler]

Yup, those look normal to me. Some of the game farm guys around here have the black ones, and there is no mistaking them.

[nwwanderer]

Looks like some green pheasant influence, as in Bone's picture

[Dhoey07]

Here a black one my ole man shot a few years back.

[Fishmaker57]

Sichuan Pheasant, no ring, much darker.

[AL WORRELLS KID]

 A few years back I had a few of my Lady Amherst Cocks get out of their pens and head for the hills.
I always hoped some lucky Hunter got a thrill when he went to pick up his downed bird.... instead of some hungry Coyote getting them.
Doug

[nwwanderer]

Always makes me wonder what the colors were on a maturing T. Rex as they now think they had feathers