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South Dakota species impacted by Global Warming
Ring-necked Pheasant Ring-Necked Pheasant
(Phasianus colchicus)

State bird of South Dakota
Photo © Tim Zurowski
Learn more about this bird at eNature.com

 
The ring-necked pheasant is not in danger of disappearing from South Dakota.

Description
30-36" (76-91 cm). Larger than a chicken, with a long pointed tail. Male has red eye patch, brilliant green head, and (usually) white neck ring; body patterned in soft brown and iridescent russet. Female mottled sandy brown, with shorter tail.

Voice
Loud crowing caw-cawk! followed by a resonant beating of the wings. When alarmed flies off with a loud cackle.

Habitat
Farmlands, pastures, and grassy woodland edges.
See birds in your state with populations that are:

American Redstart
Bank Swallow
Black-and-white Warbler
Bobolink
Brewer's Blackbird
Cassin's Finch
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Dusky Flycatcher
Gray Catbird
House Wren
Least Flycatcher
McCown's Longspur
Ovenbird
Pine Siskin
Red Crossbill
Red-eyed Vireo
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Sage Thrasher
Savannah Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Sedge Wren
Song Sparrow
Sprague's Pipit
Swamp Sparrow
Tree Swallow
Warbling Vireo
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-throated Vireo
American Goldfinch



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The background information for this presentation comes from The Birdwatcher's Guide to Global Warming, which was prepared by Jeff Price, Ph.D., American Bird Conservancy and Patricia Glick, M.S., National Wildlife Federation.

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