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Gallopheasant
The gallopheasants (genus ''Lophura'') are pheasants of the family Phasianidae. The genus comprises 11 species and several subspecies. Several species in this genus are known as firebacks, including crestless and crested firebacks, as well as the Siamese fireback The Siamese fireback (''Lophura diardi''), also known as Diard's fireback, is a fairly large, approximately long, pheasant. The male has a grey plumage with an extensive facial caruncle, crimson legs and feet, ornamental black crest feathers, re .... Taxonomy '' Lophura hatinhensis'' and '' Lophura hoogerwerfi'' are sometimes considered subspecies, leaving this genus with only 11 species. Other subspecies are also sometimes considered distinct species. *''Lophura × imperialis'' - imperial pheasant References * {{Galliformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lophura Swinhoii
Swinhoe's pheasant (''Lophura swinhoii''), also known as the Taiwan blue pheasant, is a bird of the pheasant subfamily in the fowl family Phasianidae. It is endemic to Taiwan. Along with the Mikado pheasant and Taiwan blue magpie, two other Taiwan endemics, Swinhoe's pheasant is sometimes considered an unofficial national symbol for Taiwan, as it bears the colours of the national flag (red, white, and blue). Etymology The bird was named after British naturalist Robert Swinhoe, who first described the species in 1862. Locally, the species is known in Mandarin as ''lánfùxián'' (), and in Taiwanese Hokkien as ''wa-koe'' (; also ). Description The male Swinhoe's pheasant can grow up to 79 cm. He has a glossy blue-purple chest, belly, and rump, white nape, red wattles, white tail feathers, and a white crest. The female is brown marked with yellow, arrow-shaped spots and complex barring patterns, and has maroon outer rectrices. The juvenile male is dark blue with brown an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalij Pheasant Prasanna Mamidala
The kalij pheasant (''Lophura leucomelanos'') is a pheasant found in forests and thickets, especially in the Himalayan foothills, from Pakistan to western Thailand. Males are rather variable depending on the subspecies involved, but all have at least partially glossy bluish-black plumage, while females are overall brownish. Both sexes have a bare red face and greyish legs (the latter separating it from the red-legged silver pheasant).McGowan, P. J. K. (1994). Kalij Pheasant (''Lophura leucomelanos''). pp. 533 in: del Hoyo, J, A. Elliott, & J. Sargatal (1994). '' Handbook of the Birds of the World''. Vol. 2. New World Vultures to Guineafowl. Lynx Edictions. It is generally common and widespread, though three of its eastern subspecies (''L. l. oatesi'', ''L. l. lineata'', and ''L. l. crawfurdi'') are considered threatened and ''L. l. moffitti'' is virtually unknown in the wild. On 21 October 2021, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir declared ''Kalij Pheasant'' as bird of the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lophura Hoogerwerfi
Hoogerwerf's pheasant (''Lophura inornata hoogerwerfi''), also known as the Aceh pheasant or Sumatran pheasant is a medium-sized, up to long, bird of the family Phasianidae. The name commemorates the Dutch ornithologist and taxidermist Andries Hoogerwerf. Description The male is a crestless bluish-black pheasant with bare red facial skin, short tail and grey legs. The female is a rufous brown bird with a dark bluish grey legs and short dark tail. Its appearance resembles, and it is usually considered as a subspecies of the Salvadori's pheasant. The female is different from the latter for having darker brown, lack of buff mottling and plainer plumage. Distribution and habitat An Indonesian endemic, this little-known pheasant inhabits to mid-mountain forests of Gunung Leuser National Park in Aceh province. Previously known only from two female specimens, it was recently discovered in a market in Medan, North Sumatra. References External links Red Data Book {{Taxonbar, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lophura Hatinhensis
The Vietnamese pheasant, or Vietnam fireback, was formerly considered a species of gallopheasant, ''Lophura hatinhensis'', but is now considered a variant of Edward's pheasant. Discovered in 1964, it is endemic to central Vietnam. Its range concentrates around Kẻ Gỗ Nature Reserve in Hà Tĩnh Province. Habitat The fireback inhabits primary and secondary (including logged) evergreen forest An evergreen forest is a forest made up of evergreen trees. They occur across a wide range of climatic zones, and include trees such as conifers and holly in cold climates, eucalyptus, Live oak, acacias, magnolia, and banksia in more temperate zo ... in lowlands and hills from sea level (at least historically) to about 300 m. It may tolerate habitat degradation, but is apparently far more common in closed-canopy forest, and has been trapped in dense, streamside vegetation. References * Gallopheasants Endemic birds of Vietnam Endangered animals Endangered biota of Asia Controvers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvadori's Pheasant
Salvadori's pheasant (''Lophura inornata'') is a landfowl bird of genus '' Lophura'', native to Indonesia. It is found in the mountain rainforests of Sumatra. Thus it is also known as the Sumatran pheasant. The Hoogerwerf's pheasant is usually thought to be a subspecies. This bird was first described in 1879 by the Italian ornithologist Tommaso Salvadori. The species name ''inornata'' means "without ornament". This species is classified as "near threatened" by the IUCN because of the reduction in its population size caused by the destruction of its habitat and hunting. Description The male and female Salvadori's pheasant are quite unlike each other in appearance, and in fact the male bird is very similar to the female crestless fireback (''Lophura erythrophthalma''). The male Salvadori's pheasant is in length and is plain black, with a bluish fringe to the feathers of body and neck. The tail is short and rounded. The beak is whitish-green and the iris orange-red. There is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bornean Crested Fireback
The crested fireback (''Lophura ignita'') is a medium-sized, up to 70 cm long, forest pheasant with a peacock-like dark crest, bluish black plumage, reddish brown rump, black outer tail feathers, red iris and bare blue facial skin. The female is a brown bird with short crest, blue facial skin and spotted black-and-white below. The crested fireback is found in lowland forests of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra. There are four subspecies of the crested fireback, but in 2014 the subspecies ''rufa'' was split as a distinct species from the others. Males of the subspecies from Borneo and Bangka Island, ''L. i. ignita'' (lesser Bornean crested fireback) and ''L. i. nobilis'' (greater Bornean crested fireback), have brown central tail feathers, whitish legs and are rufous below. The male Vieillot's crested fireback, ''L. rufa'', of the Thai-Malay Peninsula and most of Sumatra has white central tail feathers, red legs and bluish black streaked white below. The final sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayan Crested Fireback
The Malayan crested fireback or Malay crested fireback (''Lophura rufa'') is a species of forest pheasant found in lowland forests of the Thai-Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. Taxonomy This species was formerly considered a subspecies of the Bornean crested fireback (''L. ignita''), with both being grouped together as the crested fireback. Substantial plumage differences between both taxa led to the IUCN and Clements Checklist splitting both, with the International Ornithological Congress also making this change in 2023. A pheasant of uncertain taxonomic provenance, popularly referred to as "Delacour's crested fireback" (formerly ''Lophura ignita macartneyi'') is found in south-eastern Sumatra and the male has white to the tail, whitish legs and a variable amount of rufous below. As ''macartneyi'' specimens are variable, the Handbook of Birds of the World regards it as a hybrid between ''L. rufa'' and a possible relictual or introduced population of ''L. ignita''. In 2023, the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bornean Crestless Fireback
The Bornean crestless fireback (''Lophura pyronota'') is a member of the Phasianidae. It was previously known as the crestless fireback when the two species were lumped together. The Bornean crestless fireback is found in northern Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and ea .... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q31074821 Gallopheasants Birds described in 1841 Taxa named by George Robert Gray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayan Crestless Fireback
The Malayan crestless fireback or Malay crestless fireback (''Lophura erythrophthalma'') is a member of the Phasianidae. It was previously known as the crestless fireback when the two species were lumped together. The Malayan crestless fireback is found in the Malay peninsula and Sumatra. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q27603275 Gallopheasants Birds described in 1822 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lophura Erythrophthalma (12737744943)
The Malayan crestless fireback or Malay crestless fireback (''Lophura erythrophthalma'') is a member of the Phasianidae. It was previously known as the crestless fireback when the two species were lumped together. The Malayan crestless fireback is found in the Malay peninsula and Sumatra. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q27603275 Gallopheasants Birds described in 1822 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Pheasant
The silver pheasant (''Lophura nycthemera'') is a species of pheasant found in forests, mainly in mountains, of mainland Southeast Asia and eastern and southern China, with an introduced population on Victoria Island in Nahuel Huapi Lake, Neuquén, Argentina. The male is black and white, while the female is mainly brown. Both sexes have a bare red face and red legs (the latter separating it from the greyish-legged kalij pheasant).McGowan, P. J. K. (1994). Silver Pheasant (''Lophura nycthemera''). pp. 533 in: del Hoyo, J, A. Elliott, & J. Sargatal (1994). '' Handbook of the Birds of the World''. Vol. 2. New World Vultures to Guineafowl. Lynx Editions. It is common in aviculture, and overall also remains common in the wild, but some of its subspecies (notably ''L. n. whiteheadi'' from Hainan, ''L. n. engelbachi'' from southern Laos, and ''L. n. annamensis'' from southern Vietnam) are rare and threatened. Taxonomy Like other pheasants, the silver pheasant was placed in the ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Pheasant
The silver pheasant (''Lophura nycthemera'') is a species of pheasant found in forests, mainly in mountains, of mainland Southeast Asia and eastern and southern China, with an introduced population on Victoria Island in Nahuel Huapi Lake, Neuquén, Argentina. The male is black and white, while the female is mainly brown. Both sexes have a bare red face and red legs (the latter separating it from the greyish-legged kalij pheasant).McGowan, P. J. K. (1994). Silver Pheasant (''Lophura nycthemera''). pp. 533 in: del Hoyo, J, A. Elliott, & J. Sargatal (1994). '' Handbook of the Birds of the World''. Vol. 2. New World Vultures to Guineafowl. Lynx Editions. It is common in aviculture, and overall also remains common in the wild, but some of its subspecies (notably ''L. n. whiteheadi'' from Hainan, ''L. n. engelbachi'' from southern Laos, and ''L. n. annamensis'' from southern Vietnam) are rare and threatened. Taxonomy Like other pheasants, the silver pheasant was placed in the ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
