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.
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 |
Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
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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. Other subspecies are also sometimes considered distinct species.
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