Cock Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus). Male in full resplendent iridescent breeding plumage. Spring. Holding a territory alongside a rural footpath.

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Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus). Cock or male bird in full breeding plumage. Emerging from a hedgerow nettlebed, onto a public footpath. April. Norfolk. England.

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Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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