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1.66 (0.152 - 3.27)
-1.16 (-1.81 - -0.446)|
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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
Despite the best efforts of sportsmen and wildlife officials, this introduced game bird has difficulty surviving Saskatchewan winters, and is limited to bushy creek bottoms and edges in the south of the province. Pheasants were first released in 1932, with a production of 3,000-4,000 young birds annually thereafter. Although provincial numbers have never again approached those of the early 1960s (Scheelhaase 1969), populations have remained buoyant throughout the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Temperate winters over much of this time have no doubt enhanced winter survival. Found across southern Canada and much of the US
Ring-necked Pheasants occupy the edges of cultivated fields and the vicinity of weedy farmyards; they show little tendency to move more than a few kilometres in their pursuit of food, water, and shelter. For survival they require open water to drink and a ready supply of agricultural grains such as wheat and barley (Edminster 1954).
The Ring-necked Pheasant is a common year-round resident in the southern sixth of the province, north to the South Saskatchewan River (east to Saskatchewan Landing), Moose Jaw, Regina, Weyburn, and Estevan, with a toehold at Fort Qu'Appelle. It no longer occurs north to Gardiner Dam and the eastern Qu'Appelle as indicated by the demarcation line mapped in Smith (1996).
Original text by Wayne Pepper. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Ring-necked Pheasant in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Ring-necked Pheasant in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=RNEP&lang=en [14 Nov 2025]
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