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Pheasant

  • Lophura

    The gallopheasants (genus Lophura) are pheasants of the family Phasianidae.
    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.

    1/  Siamese fireback (Gà lôi hông tía, Lophura diardi), also known as Diard's fireback

    2/  Vietnamese pheasant (Gà lôi lam đuôi trắng, Lophura hatinhensis), or Vietnam fireback, 
    formerly considered a species of gallopheasant, Lophura hatinhensis, but is now considered a variant of Edward's pheasant. 
    Endemic to central Vietnam. Its range concentrates around Kẻ Gỗ Nature Reserve in Hà Tĩnh Province.

    3/ The imperial pheasant (Gà lôi lam mào đen, Lophura imperialis) is a gallopheasant from Southeast Asia. 
    it is actually a cross of Edwards's pheasant and the silver pheasant (L. nycthemera subsp. annamensis), a hybrid.

    4/ Edwards's pheasant (Gà lôi lam mào trắng, Lophura edwardsi) 
    endemic to the seasonal tropical forests of central Vietnam.

    5/ Silver pheasant (Gà lôi trắng, Lophura nycthemera)
     was placed in the genus Phasianus. 
     For some time it was placed either in Euplocamus or Gennceus.
     Today all major authorities place the silver pheasant in Lophura.

    Silver Pheasant at Cuc Phuong National Park
    Silver Pheasant at Cuc Phuong National Park
  • Pavo

    Pheasants are birds of several genera within the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes. Pavo is a genus of two species in the pheasant family.

    1/ Green peafowl or Indonesian peafowl (Công, Pavo muticus)

    A pair of green peafowls at Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh
    A pair of green peafowls at Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh
  • Pheasant, Phasianidae, Phasianus, Ho Tri

    The "typical" pheasant genus Phasianus in the family Phasianidae consists of two species. The genus name is Latin for pheasant.

    1/ Common pheasant (Trĩ đỏ, Phasianus colchicus), also Ring-necked pheasant

  • Pheasant, Phasianidae, Tragopan, Ga Loi, Ho Tri

    Tragopan is a bird genus in the pheasant family Phasianidae. 
    Member of the genus are commonly called "horned pheasants" because males have two brightly colored, fleshy horns on their head that can be erected during courtship displays. 

    1/ Temminck's tragopan (Gà lôi tía, Tragopan temminckii)

  • Rheinardia

    Rheinardia is a genus Phasianus in the family Phasianidae.

    1/ Vietnamese Crested argus (Trĩ sao, Rheinartia ocellata)

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