Gallopheasant

Gallopheasant

Taxobox
name = Gallopheasants


image_width = 240px
image_caption = Edwards's Pheasant
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Galliformes
familia = Phasianidae
genus = "Lophura"
genus_authority = Fleming, 1822
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Lophura bulweri" - Bulwer's Pheasant
*"Lophura diardi" - Siamese Fireback
*"Lophura edwardsi" - Edward's Pheasant
*"Lophura erythropthalma" - Crestless Fireback
*"Lophura hatinhensis" - Vietnamese Pheasant
*"Lophura hoogerwerfi" - Aceh Pheasant
*"Lophura ignita" - Crested Fireback
*"Lophura × imperialis" - Imperial Pheasant
*"Lophura inornata" - Salvadori's Pheasant
*"Lophura leucomelanos" - Kalij Pheasant
*"Lophura nycthemera" - Silver Pheasant
*"Lophura swinhoii" - Swinhoe Pheasant

The gallopheasants (genus "Lophura") are pheasants of the family Phasianidae. The genus comprises 12 species and several subspecies.

Taxonomic note

"Lophura hatinhensis" and "Lophura hoogerwerfi" are sometimes considered subspecies, leaving this genus with only 10 species. Other subspecies are also sometimes considered distinct species.


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