Gallopheasant
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Gallopheasants | |
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Lophura swinhoii - Swinhoe pheasant | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Tribe: | Phasianini |
Genus: | Lophura Fleming, 1822 |
Type species | |
Lophura ignita | |
Synonyms | |
Gallophasianus |
The gallopheasants (genus Lophura) are pheasants of the family Phasianidae. The genus comprises 9 species and several subspecies.
Taxonomy[]
Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
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Lophura bulweri | Bulwer's pheasant | Borneo | |
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Lophura diardi | Siamese fireback | Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam in Southeast Asia |
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Lophura edwardsi | Edward's pheasant | Vietnam |
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Lophura erythropthalma | crestless fireback | Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. |
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Lophura ignita | crested fireback | Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra. |
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Lophura inornata | Salvadori's pheasant | Sumatra |
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Lophura leucomelanos | kalij pheasant | Pakistan to western Thailand. |
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Lophura nycthemera | silver pheasant | mainland Southeast Asia, and eastern and southern China |
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Lophura swinhoii | Swinhoe's pheasant | Taiwan. |
Lophura hatinhensis and Lophura hoogerwerfi are sometimes considered subspecies, leaving this genus with only 9 species. Other subspecies are also sometimes considered distinct species.
- Lophura × imperialis - imperial pheasant
Categories:
- Gallopheasants
- Galliformes stubs