The "typical" pheasant genus Phasianus in the family Phasianidae consists of at least one species. Both Phasianus and "pheasant" comes from the Greek word phāsiānos, meaning "(bird) of the Phasis" . Phasis's the ancient name of the main river of western Georgia, currently called Rioni. The Common Pheasant (P. colchicus) has about thirty recognised subspecies forming 5 or 6 distinct groups; one's only found on the island of Taiwan off the southern coast of continental China, and the re… (More on Phasianus)