Salvadori's Pheasant

Taxobox
name = Salvadori's Pheasant

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image_caption = Male Salvadori's Pheasant at the Bronx Zoo
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = down
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Galliformes
familia = Phasianidae
genus = "Lophura"
species = "L. inornata"
binomial = "Lophura inornata"
binomial_authority = Salvadori, 1879The Salvadori's Pheasant, "Lophura inornata" is a bird of genus "Lophura", native to Indonesia. It is found in the mountain rainforests of Sumatra. Thus it is also known as the "Sumatran Pheasant." The species name "inornata" means "without ornament."

This species is classified as vulnerable. In Kerinci Seblat National Park numbers are reducing due to heavy trapping and hunting by local people for food.

This bird is named after Italian ornithologist Tommaso Salvadori.

References

* Database entry includes a range map, a brief justification of why this species is vulnerable, and the criteria used

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=257&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=12345 IUCN Red List]
* gbwf.org - [http://www.gbwf.org/pheasants/inornata.html Salvadori's Pheasant "(Lophura inornata)"]