Silver Pheasant

Lophura nycthemera - Faisan argenté

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♂ adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phasianidés

  • Genus
    :

    Lophura

  • Species
    :

    nycthemera

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 70 à 125 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 1150 à 2000 g
Longevity

10 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Faisan argenté
♂ adult
Faisan argenté
♀ adult

Silver Pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.

Subspecific information 15 subspecies

  • Lophura nycthemera nycthemera (Guangxi and Guangdong. s China. , ne Vietnam)
  • Lophura nycthemera omeiensis (c and s Sichuan. sc China.)
  • Lophura nycthemera rongjiangensis (se Guizhou. sc China.)
  • Lophura nycthemera fokiensis (nw Fokien. se China.)
  • Lophura nycthemera whiteheadi (Hainan I.. s China.)
  • Lophura nycthemera occidentalis (nw Hunnan. sw China. , ne Myanmar)
  • Lophura nycthemera rufipes (sw Hunnan. sw China. , nc Myanmar)
  • Lophura nycthemera jonesi (e Myanmar to s China and n Thailand)
  • Lophura nycthemera ripponi (ec Myanmar)
  • Lophura nycthemera beaulieui (sw Yunnan. sc China. , n Laos, nw Vietnam)
  • Lophura nycthemera berliozi (nc Vietnam)
  • Lophura nycthemera beli (wc Vietnam)
  • Lophura nycthemera annamensis (sc Vietnam)
  • Lophura nycthemera lewisi (sw Cambodia, se Thailand)
  • Lophura nycthemera engelbachi (s Laos)

Foreign names

  • Faisan argenté,
  • Faisán plateado,
  • faisão-prateado,
  • Silberfasan,
  • ezüstfácán,
  • Zilverfazant,
  • Fagiano argentato,
  • silverfasan,
  • Sølvfasan,
  • bažant strieborný,
  • bažant stříbrný,
  • Sølvfasan,
  • hopeafasaani,
  • faisà argentat,
  • kiściec srebrzysty,
  • Серебряная лофура,
  • ハッカン,
  • 白鹇,
  • ไก่ฟ้าหลังขาว,
  • 白鷴,

Voice song and cries

Faisan argenté
♂ adult

Habitat

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adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 23-06-2005
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