Is this a pheasant

[TheLaird]

Took this near Kinlch Rannoch this weekend. OK not a great shot, but is this a pheasant?

It looks different from the orangey colour ones I usually see.

 

[lizzy23]

yes its a cock pheasant

 

[Big Andy]

Yes it's a phesant there are a few colour variations.

 

[wontolla]

Well it's deffinately a Pheasant! The only one I know with blue on it is a Lady Amherst's Pheasant, but that has a green 'bib' may be a x bred bird perhaps?

 

[Ternaround]

This Pheasant is a melanistic cock Pheasant, Melanosis is a pigment affection and a lack of Melanin causes birds to be darker in colour than normal.

 

[wontolla]

This Pheasant is a melanistic cock Pheasant, Melanosis is a pigment affection and a lack of Melanin causes birds to be darker in colour than normal.

There you go! Never knew that! Cheers.