- Aceh Pheasant
Taxobox
name = Aceh Pheasant
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Galliformes
familia =Phasianidae
genus = "Lophura "
species = "L. hoogerwerfi"
binomial = "Lophura hoogerwerfi"
binomial_authority = (Chasen, 1939)The Aceh Pheasant ("Lophura hoogerwerfi") also known as Hoogerwerf's Pheasant or Sumatran Pheasant is a medium-sized, up to 55cm long, bird of thePhasianidae family. The male is a crestless bluish blackpheasant with bare red facial skin, short tail and grey legs. The female is a rufous brown bird with a dark bluish grey legs and short dark tail.Its appearance resembles and sometimes is considered as a subspecies of the
Salvadori's Pheasant . The female is different from the latter for having darker brown, lack of buff mottling and plainer plumage.An
Indonesia n endemic, this little known pheasant inhabits to mid-mountain forests ofGunung Leuser National Park inAceh province. Previously known only from two female specimens, it was recently discovered in a market inMedan ,North Sumatra .The name commemorates the Dutch ornithologist and taxidermist
Andries Hoogerwerf .Due to ongoing habitat loss, small population size and limited range, the Aceh Pheasant is evaluated as Vulnerable on the
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.References
* Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable
External links
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=256&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=12342 IUCN Red List]
* [http://www.rdb.or.id/view_html.php?id=231&op=lophhoog Red Data Book]
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