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fasianós

φασιανός

Phesant. Native to Greece and the Balkans and once abundant, although these days only a couple hundred of the original indigenous birds survive in the Kotza-Orman riparian forest along the Nestos in northeast Greece; elsewhere in the Balkans most pheasants are hybrid.

Meats and poultry

Text © Dana Facaros

Image by gary noon, Creative Commons License