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Dead cock pheasant

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Dead cock pheasant

The spectacular plumage of the cock pheasant stands out against this grass background, but camouflages well in thick scrub and brush.

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Neil Deans, Game birds – Hunting, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16717/dead-cock-pheasant (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Neil Deans, published 23 June 2015, updated 20 April 2025.