Gallopheasant

The gallopheasants (genus Lophura) are pheasants of the family Phasianidae. The genus comprises 9 species and several subspecies.

Gallopheasants
Lophura swinhoii - Swinhoe pheasant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Phasianinae
Genus: Lophura
Fleming, 1822

Taxonomy

ImageNameCommon nameDistribution
Lophura bulweriBulwer's pheasantBorneo
Lophura diardiSiamese firebackCambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam in Southeast Asia
Lophura edwardsiEdward's pheasantVietnam
Lophura erythropthalmacrestless firebackBrunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Lophura ignitacrested firebackThai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra.
Lophura inornataSalvadori's pheasantSumatra
Lophura leucomelanoskalij pheasantPakistan to western Thailand.
Lophura nycthemerasilver pheasantmainland Southeast Asia, and eastern and southern China
Lophura swinhoiiSwinhoe's pheasantTaiwan.


Lophura hatinhensis and Lophura hoogerwerfi are sometimes considered subspecies, leaving this genus with only 9 species. Other subspecies are also sometimes considered distinct species.


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