#FAZANT 😍 Pheasants are beautifully colored birds - at least, the males. The females are particularly well camouflaged. The pheasant occurs naturally in Europe, but not in Western European countries.
The pheasant found in the Netherlands is a mix of different subspecies and variants that occur in the Asian breeding area. From the 18th century onwards, large numbers of pheasants were bred and released. This is prohibited in the Netherlands, but it still happens illegally. The pheasant is found naturally in lowland forests, where he specialises in catching insects, lizards and sometimes mice, seeds and bait on the forest floor.

PHASANT: Rare in the Netherlands?