Phasianus colchicus est species avium familiae Phasianidarum ordinis Galliformium . Colchicus, epitheton specificum, ex Colchide appellatur, regno antiquo in orientali Ponti Euxini litore , parte Georgiae civitatis sui iuris hodiernae, ubi Europaei phasianos primum invenierunt.[2] Ex genere Gallo abhinc annorum 20 milliones ortus est.[3] Endemicus est in Asia , montibus septentrionalibus Caucasi et Balcaniae , aliisque regionibus Europaeis .
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