Gallopheasant

"Lophura" redirects here. For the genus of lizards that was called Lophura, see Hydrosaurus.

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
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

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.

• Lophura × imperialis - imperial pheasant^[4]

References

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.