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Old 21-10-09, 08:38 AM
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From Jane Parrish Can anyone tell me if a male pheasant with a creamy white back and wings is particularly unusual or do young male pheasants have paler feathers?
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Old 21-10-09, 11:14 AM
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I don't know, but I saw adult male pheasants last week that were so dark they were almost black. Probably not unsual, but I hadn't seen them before.
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Old 21-10-09, 04:19 PM
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I don't know, but I saw adult male pheasants last week that were so dark they were almost black. Probably not unsual, but I hadn't seen them before.
They have bred Pheasant to have Blue plumage (must excite the hunters or something). the bird Neil is talking about is possibly a juvenile or moulting bird or one showing Leucistic tendencies.

Moulting Pheasant.
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They cerainly have bred blue pheasants. Snapped this one on saturday near Cambridge. I believe they are a mutation (melanistic variety of the common pheasant)
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