Vietnamese pheasant
Vietnamese pheasant | |
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A pair at Camperdown Wildlife Centre, Dundee, Angus, Scotland | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Subfamily: | Phasianinae |
Genus: | Lophura |
Species: | L. edwardsi var. |
Binomial name | |
Lophura edwardsi var. | |
The Vietnamese pheasant, or Vietnam fireback, was formerly considered a species of gallopheasant, Lophura hatinhensis, but is now considered a variant of Edward's pheasant. Discovered in 1964, it is endemic to central Vietnam. Its range concentrates around Kẻ Gỗ Nature Reserve in Hà Tĩnh Province.[1]
Habitat
The fireback inhabits primary and secondary (including logged) evergreen forest in lowlands and hills from sea-level (at least historically) to c.300 m. It may tolerate habitat degradation, but is apparently far more common in closed-canopy forest, and has been trapped in dense streamside vegetation.
References
- Hennache, A., S.P. Mahood, J.C. Eames, and E. Randi. 2012; Lophura hatinhensis is an invalid taxon; Forktail number 28: ppg.129-135.
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