The gallopheasants (genus Lophura) are pheasants of the family Phasianidae.[1] 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
Lophura swinhoii - Swinhoe pheasant
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Taxonomy

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Image Name Common name Distribution
  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.[2][3] Other subspecies are also sometimes considered distinct species.

References

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  1. ^ "Lophura Fleming, 1822". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  2. ^ Hennache, A; Mahood, SP; Eames, JC; Randi, E (2012). "Lophura hatinhensis is an invalid taxon". Forktail. 28: 129–135.
  3. ^ "Lophura [inornata or hoogerwerfi] (Salvadori's or Sumatran Pheasant) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  4. ^ 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.