Editing Common pheasant (section)

===Nesting===
Common pheasants nest solely on the ground in scrapes, lined with some grass and leaves, frequently under dense cover or a hedge.  Occasionally they will nest in a haystack, or old nest left by other bird. They roost in sheltered trees at night.  The males are [[Polygyny in animals|polygynous]] as is typical for many Phasianidae, and are often accompanied by a harem of several females.<ref name=NDGFD1992/>

Breeding beings in April. Hens scrape a hollow in the ground lined with grass and dead leaves, in which they lay a clutch of eight to fifteen eggs. These are brown-olive in colour. The hen afterwards incubates them twenty-three to twenty-five days.<ref name="Lever1979"/> The chicks stay near the hen for several weeks, yet leave the nest when only a few hours old.  After hatching they grow quickly, flying after 12–14 days, resembling adults by only 15 weeks of age.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

They eat a wide variety of animal and vegetable type-food. Vegetable forage includes fruit, seeds, grain, mast, berries and leaves, while animal food includes a wide range of [[invertebrate]]s, such as [[slug]]s, [[earthworm]]s, [[Tipuloidea|leatherjackets]], ant eggs, [[wireworm]]s, [[caterpillar]]s, [[grasshopper]]s and other insects.<ref name="Lever1979"/><ref name="British Book of Birds, p.69"/> Small [[vertebrate]]s like lizards, field voles, small mammals and small birds are occasionally taken.<ref name="British Book of Birds, p.69"/>