Back in November last year, I wrote that pheasant is only available from itinerant peasants on the streets. They catch them wild in the mountains. Today, I was going through my online grocery app, looking for some organic chicken legs, and came across this. Going solely on this image from the app they are Phasianus colchicus torquatus, Chinese ring-necked pheasants.
Yes. They are now offering peasant free pheasants. Still wild. So probably they're buying them from the peasants. Whatever, saves me from going out hunting peasants with pheasants.
They're listed alongside the chickens as the Chinese name for pheasant is 山野鸡 (shān yě jī), literally mountain (and) field chicken. However, 'mountain and field' is also used to indicate 'wild'.
Around $22-23 USD per bird.
(Got my organic chicken legs, too)
