Genus of birds
"Lophura" redirects here. For the: genus of lizards that was called Lophura, see Hydrosaurus.
Gallopheasants | |
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Lophura swinhoii - Swinhoe pheasant | |
Scientific 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
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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.
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 |
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Lophura erythrophthalma | Malayan crestless fireback | Malay peninsula and Sumatra |
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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 |
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Lophura inornata | Salvadori's pheasant | Sumatra |
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※
- ^ "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/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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