Bird

Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Lives in West Virginia all year and nests here. Found in 19 of 55 counties, across 3 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: 19 of 55 counties
Habitats: 3

Male Ring-necked Pheasant, whole bird — **Male**. (c) John Krampl, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY 4.0. iNaturalist photo 127255695. Source-provided large resize; no crop or image edits.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: 19 of 55 counties
Habitats: 3
Habitat models: Year-round

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in West Virginia 3

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 3

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

Year-roundCultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration

Other habitats in its models (34)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in West Virginia.

Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Year-round, beside its main habitat.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Year-round.
Central Mixedgrass Prairie Year-round.
North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Year-round.
Central Tallgrass Prairie Year-round.
Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Year-round.
Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Year-round.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Year-round.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Year-round.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Year-round.
Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Year-round.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Year-round.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Year-round.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Year-round.
Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Year-round.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Marsh Systems Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Year-round.
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Year-round, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Year-round, beside its main habitat.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Year-round, beside its main habitat.