pheasants
Colorful ground dwellers
Pheasants is the plural of pheasant, a large ground-dwelling bird with a long tail, often brightly colored in males.
Pheasants are prized as game birds and hunted for sport: We flushed three pheasants from the brush.
The ring-necked pheasant, introduced from Asia, is the most common variety in North America.
Birds for the table
ground-dwelling · roost · clutch · foraging · pecking · cackle · wingbeat · flight
Bird's lightweight covering
- tailfeathersRear plumage for steering
- iridescenceColor shift from interference
- colorationSurface hue arrangement
- crestHighest point or tuft
hackles · spurs · coverts · patterns · speckled · molting · preening · brilliance
Dry-heat cooking method
partridge · wildfowl · gamekeeper · stew · braised · smoked · brine · feast
Long gun firing shot
- gundogTrained hunting retriever
- retrieverDog trained to fetch game
- flushSame suit, five cards
- beatersTools for mixing
shooting · season · license · decoy · upland · sportsman · stalking · camouflage
Large enclosure for birds
- exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
- captiveOne held by force
- displayPresentation for viewing
- gardenCultivated plant area
breeding · collector · menagerie · showy · decorative · peafowl · imported · fancy
Organism's natural environment
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
reserve · endangered · species · rewilding · naturalist · predation · territory · hedgerow
fowl
Birds for the table
chick · ground-dwelling · roost · clutch · foraging · pecking · cackle · wingbeat · flight · gizzard
feathers
Bird's lightweight covering
- tailfeathersRear plumage for steering
- iridescenceColor shift from interference
- colorationSurface hue arrangement
crest · hackles · spurs · coverts · patterns · speckled · molting · preening · brilliance · glossiness
roast
Dry-heat cooking method
quail · partridge · wildfowl · gamekeeper · stew · braised · smoked · brine · feast · delicacy
shotgun
Long gun firing shot
beaters · shooting · season · license · decoy · upland · sportsman · stalking · camouflage · blaze
aviary
Large enclosure for birds
garden · breeding · collector · menagerie · showy · decorative · peafowl · imported · fancy · prestige
habitat
Organism's natural environment
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
sanctuary · reserve · endangered · species · rewilding · naturalist · predation · territory · hedgerow · woodland
- Great PlainsGreat Plains, high plains, High Plains, grassland, grasslands
- birdsrobin, crow, eagle, owl, duck
- huntingdeer hunting, hunting rifle, hunters, tracking, hunting license
- egg-layerschickens, hens, ducks, geese, turkeys
- British huntingfox hunting, fox hunt, foxhound, foxhunting, deer hunt
- game birdswild turkey, wild turkeys, quails, grouse, partridges
- pheasant huntingPursuing colorful gamebirds
- golden pheasantColorful Asian game bird
- pheasant seasonLegal gamebird hunting window
- roast pheasantOven-cooked upland gamebird
- pheasant shootingHunting long-tailed gamebirds