Edwards's Pheasant
Lophura edwardsi
Overview
The Edwards's Pheasant (Lophura edwardsi) is a species of pheasant (family Phasianidae) in the order Galliformes of bird (class Aves).
Description
Males are dark iridescent blue with a white tuft of a crest. Females are brown and crestless. Both sexes have red skin around the eye.
Range
Critically endangered with small populations in the rainforests of central Vietnam.
Gallery
Adult male
Tracy Aviary, Utah
, 11 Oct 2021
© Graeme C. Colmer
Classification
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Galliformes
- Family: Phasianidae
- Genus: Lophura
- Species: Lophura edwardsi
- Genus: Lophura
- Family: Phasianidae
- Order: Galliformes
- Class: Aves
- Phylum: Chordata
- Kingdom: Animalia
Species in the Genus of Lophura
Bornean Crested Fireback
Lophura ignita
Bornean Crestless Fireback
Lophura pyronota
Bulwer's Pheasant
Lophura bulweri
Edwards's Pheasant
Lophura edwardsi
Kalij Pheasant
Lophura leucomelanos
Malayan Crested Fireback
Lophura rufa
Malayan Crestless Fireback
Lophura erythrophthalma
Salvadori's Pheasant
Lophura inornata
Siamese Fireback
Lophura diardi
Silver Pheasant
Lophura nycthemera
Swinhoe's Pheasant
Lophura swinhoii
External Links
Edwards's Pheasant
– Wikipedia
Edwards's Pheasant
– Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Edwards's Pheasant
– Audubon.org
