Ring-necked Pheasant Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: Our state bird (despite being an introduced species), and one that you can find all over the state. Many of the photos below are from the Presho area, where there are many hunting operations. Not only are there many naturally reproducing pheasant in the area, but some operations raise and release pheasants for hunting. The photo below is from one of my favorite birding locations, southwest of Presho. I couldn't have asked for a better situation with bird...a beautiful male Ring-necked Pheasant, making a perfect pose with a little head turn, right next to a "no hunting" sign, and right at dawn with some gorgeous, warm morning light.

Ring-necked Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus


Ring-necked Pheasant 1	Ring-necked Pheasant 2	Ring-necked Pheasant 3	Ring-necked Pheasant 4
February 16th, 2004	February 12th, 2011	February 1st, 2005	February 12th, 2011
Near Presho, South Dakota	Lyman County, South Dakota	Lyman County, South Dakota	Lyman County, South Dakota
Male and female posing on top of a hay bale	Full-length profile of a male taking flight over a snowy field	Close up portrait of the head and upper body of a male in grassland	Profile of a male pheasant in a snowy field

Ring-necked Pheasant 5	Ring-necked Pheasant 6	Ring-necked Pheasant 7	Ring-necked Pheasant 8
February 12th, 2011	February 12th, 2011	January 17th, 2010	January 17th, 2010
Near Presho, South Dakota	Near Presho, South Dakota	Lyman County, South Dakota	Lyman County, South Dakota
Closeup portrait of a female head and upper body	Female in typical habitat with snow on the ground	Male strutting through an open snowy field	Male posing in an open snowy field

Ring-necked Pheasant 9	Ring-necked Pheasant 10	Ring-necked Pheasant 11	Ring-necked Pheasant 12
February 12th, 2011	May 14th, 2004	May 14th, 2004	May 14th, 2004
Near Presho, South Dakota	Near Lake Thompson, South Dakota	Near Lake Thompson, South Dakota	Near Lake Thompson, South Dakota
Female in snowy grassland habitat	Close-up profile of male in green spring grassland	Profile of a male in lush, green spring grassland	Profile of a male in lush, green spring grassland

Ring-necked Pheasant 13	Ring-necked Pheasant 14	Ring-necked Pheasant 15	Ring-necked Pheasant 16
April 12th, 2005	August 1st, 2008	November 26th, 2008	November 26th, 2008
Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Near Lake Thompson, South Dakota	Near Presho, South Dakota	Near Presho, South Dakota
Male in the stubble of the previous year's soybean field	Female perched on top of a wooden fence post	Male pheasant posing next to a "No Hunting" sign	Profile of a male in the short, cut grass along the side of a gravel road

Ring-necked Pheasant 17	Ring-necked Pheasant 18	Ring-necked Pheasant 19	Ring-necked Pheasant 20
January 17th, 2010	February 12th, 2011	February 12th, 2011	February 12th, 2011
Near Presho, South Dakota	Near Presho, South Dakota	Near Presho, South Dakota	Near Presho, South Dakota
Female with over-the-shoulder look in a snowy field	Male taking flight over shortgrass prairie	Female pheasant in flight	Profile of a male posigin in grassy field

Ring-necked Pheasant 21	Ring-necked Pheasant 22	Ring-necked Pheasant 23
March 22nd, 2019	January 3rd, 2020	January 3rd, 2020
Near Corson, South Dakota	Lyman County, South Dakota	Lyman County, South Dakota
Male pheasant profile in soybean field stubble	Male pheasant strutting through the snow in shortgrass prairie habitat	Male pheasant posing in the snow in shortgrass prairie habitat