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"Lophura" redirects here. For the genus of lizards that was called Lophura, see Hydrosaurus.

Gallopheasants
Lophura swinhoii - Swinhoe pheasant
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Tribe: Phasianini
Genus: Lophura
Fleming, 1822
Type species
Phasianus ignitus

Shaw, 1797

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.

Taxonomy

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Image Name Common name Distribution
Lophura edwardsi Edwards's pheasant Vietnam
Lophura swinhoii Swinhoe's pheasant Taiwan
Lophura bulweri Bulwer's pheasant Borneo
Lophura leucomelanos kalij pheasant Pakistan to western Thailand
Lophura nycthemera silver pheasant mainland Southeast Asia, and eastern and southern China
Lophura erythrophthalma Malayan crestless fireback Malay peninsula and Sumatra
Lophura pyronota Bornean crestless fireback northern Borneo
Lophura rufa Malayan crested fireback Thai-Malay Peninsula and Sumatra
Lophura ignita Bornean crested fireback Borneo
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.

References

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  1. ^ "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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