Pheasants are found all over the world but here is a Wikipedia article explaining that they are mostly an introduced species.
Pheasants (/ˈfɛzənt/) are birds of several genera within the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes. Although they can be found all over the world in introduced (and captive) populations, the pheasant genera native range is restricted to Eurasia. The classification "pheasant" is paraphyletic, as birds referred to as pheasants are included within both the subfamilies Phasianinae and Pavoninae, and in many cases are more closely related to smaller phasianids, grouse, and turkey (formerly classified in Perdicinae, Tetraoninae, and Meleagridinae) than to other pheasants.
I have seen several of these birds in Utah. This one, however, was stuffed and in the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Wildlife Education Center at Farmington Bay on the Great Salt Lake. I did take a number of remarkable photos of other birds in the wild which I will share in the future.
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