Small harem of pheasants | Trail Camera Wildlife | Garden Watch Burton Joyce | #nature
Channel: Garden Watch - Burton Joyce
Date: 2024-03-15

Being polygynous, the common pheasant form harems consisting of a single male and several females. The harem in this video consists of one male and 4 females. Males establish breeding in early spring. 

Research from the University of Exeter suggests having bigger harems is not always better as too many wild females in a wild pheasant harem harms the ability of the group to spot predators.

https://news-archive.exeter.ac.uk/2016/june/title_525274_en.html

Chapters:
0:00 Adult male
0:34 females
1:32 Harem grouping together
2:55 Pursuit of a female