Gallopheasant
The gallopheasants (genus Lophura) are pheasants of the family Phasianidae.[1] 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.
| Gallopheasants | |
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| Lophura swinhoii - Swinhoe pheasant | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Tribe: | Phasianini |
| Genus: | Lophura Fleming, 1822 |
| Type species | |
| Phasianus ignitus Shaw, 1797 | |
Taxonomy
| Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
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Lophura edwardsi | Edwards's pheasant | Vietnam |
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Lophura swinhoii | Swinhoe's pheasant | Taiwan. |
 | Lophura bulweri | Bulwer's pheasant | Borneo |
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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 |
.jpg.webp) | Lophura erythrophthalma | Malayan crestless fireback | Malay peninsula. and Sumatra. |
_TMnr_10006557.jpg.webp) | Lophura pyronota | Bornean crestless fireback | northern Borneo. |
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Lophura rufa | Malayan crested fireback | Thai-Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. |
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Lophura ignita | Bornean crested fireback | Borneo |
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Lophura diardi | Siamese fireback | Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam in Southeast Asia |
 | Lophura inornata | Salvadori's pheasant | Sumatra |
Lophura hatinhensis and Lophura hoogerwerfi are sometimes considered subspecies, leaving this genus with only 11 species.[2][3] Other subspecies are also sometimes considered distinct species.
- Lophura × imperialis - imperial pheasant[4]
References
- "Lophura Fleming, 1822". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- Hennache, A; Mahood, SP; Eames, JC; Randi, E (2012). "Lophura hatinhensis is an invalid taxon". Forktail. 28: 129–135.
- "Lophura [inornata or hoogerwerfi] (Salvadori's or Sumatran Pheasant) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- Hennache, A; Rasmussen, P; Lucchini, V; Rimondi, S; Randi, E (2003). "Hybrid origin of the imperial pheasant Lophura imperialis (Delacour and Jabouille, 1924) demonstrated by morphology, hybrid experiments, and DNA analyses". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 80 (4): 573–600. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00251.x.
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