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 Translation for 'common pheasant' from English to Icelandic
NOUN   a common pheasant | common pheasants / common pheasant
fuglafr.T
fasani {k} [Phasianus colchicus]
(common) pheasant
Partial Matches
fuglafr.T
fasani {k} [Phasianus colchicus]
English pheasant
fuglafr.T
fasani {k} [Phasianus colchicus]
ring-necked pheasant
gras.T
eldgoði {k} [Adonis flammea]
large pheasant's eye
algengur {adj}common
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sameiginlegur {adj}common
almennur {adj} <alm.> [algengur, sameiginlegur]common
gras.T
járnurt {kv} [Verbena officinalis]
common verbena
gras.T
járnurt {kv} [Verbena officinalis]
common vervain
gras.T
vetrargosi {k} [Galanthus nivalis]
common snowdrop
dýrT
vörtusvín {hv} [Phacochoerus africanus]
(common) warthog
dýrT
strandrækja {kv} [Palaemon serratus]
common prawn
fuglafr.T
auðnutittlingur {k} [Carduelis flammea]
(common) redpoll
gras.T
klófífa {kv} [Eriophorum angustifolium]
common cottongrass
brjóstvit {hv}common sense
almæli {hv}common knowledge
gras.T
haugarfi {k} [Stellaria media]
(common) chickweed
gras.T
geldingahnappur {k} [Armeria maritima]
common thrift
fuglafr.T
gaukur {k} [Cuculus canorus]
(common) cuckoo
gras.T
lyfjagras {hv} [Pinguicula vulgaris]
common butterwort
almúgi {k}common people
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Usage Examples English
  • The Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus had introduced the genus "Gallus" in the 6th edition of his "Systema Naturae" published in 1748, but Linnaeus dropped the genus in the important tenth edition of 1758 and put the red junglefowl together with the common pheasant in the genus "Phasianus".
  • 3rd row (Phasianinae "erectile clade"): common pheasant, wild turkey, western capercaillie.
  • Although common pheasant were abundant, there was no evidence that any were affected, and mortality among other bird species was negligible.
  • ... versicolor") of Japan is sometimes considered a subspecies of the common pheasant.
  • The most common game species are eastern cottontail rabbits, common pheasant, eastern gray squirrels, wild turkey, ruffed grouse and white-tailed deer.

  • Obtaining a BA degree with first class honours, Ridley continued with research on the mating system of the common pheasant ("Phasianus colchicus") supervised by Chris Perrins for his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1983.
  • The best-known is the common pheasant, which is widespread throughout the world, in introduced feral populations and in farm operations.
  • Fauna include: Bactrian deer ("Cervus elaphus bactrianus"), wild boar ("Sus scrofa"), common pheasant ("Phasianus colchicus"), golden eagle ("Aquila chrysaetus").
  • The term "pheasant" and the scientific name "Phasianus colchicus" are derived from "Phasis" and "Colchis", as this was said to be the region from which the common pheasant was introduced to Europe (the ring-necked pheasants were introduced later from East Asia).
  • The type species of the genus is the common pheasant ("Phasianus colchicus").

  • The female is much less showy, with a duller mottled brown plumage all over, similar to that of the female common pheasant ("P. ...
  • The Putteridge estate is a mixture of arable farmland and woodland; as well as the occasional visiting muntjac and fallow deer, the estate is home to Lady Amherst's pheasant ("Chrysolophus amherstiae") as well as the more common pheasant.
  • There are several endemic subspecies of birds, of which the Caspian tit ("Poecile hyrcanus") subspecies of the titmouse; the Caucasus pheasant ("Phasianus colchicus colchicus") subspecies of the common pheasant of the Talysh Mountains are common.
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