Many of you have likely seen a pheasant in the wild or even hunted one and are aware of pheasant conservation groups such as Pheasants Forever. But pheasants are not actually native to North America. They’re not even native to Europe. Pheasants spread from Asia to Europe and spread from Europe to North America during colonization.
So, ironically, one of the most beloved of all game birds in the United States is in fact a species foreign to North America.
