Salvadori's Pheasant - BirdForum Opus

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Lophura inornata

Includes: Hoogerwerf's Pheasant

Identification

• overall (including tail) bluish-black
• tail short
• facial skin bare, red
• legs pale grey

Females:

• overall (excluding tail) chestnut-brown with buff streaks and blotching, particularly on the underparts
• otherwise like male (including dark tail)

Distribution

South Sumatra, Indonesia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies hoogerwerfi has limited plumage differences and may be elevated as "Hoogerwerf's Pheasant" (L. hoogerwerfi) [2]

Subspecies

Clements accepts 2 subspecies [1]:

• L. i. hoogerwerfi: "Hoogerwerf's Pheasant". montane forests in northern Sumatra
• L. i. inornata: montane forests in central and southern Sumatra

Habitat

Montane forests.

Behaviour

The diet includes fruit.

2 eggs are usually laid, and are incubated for 22 days.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Eaton, JA, B van Balen, NW Brickle, FE Rheindt 2021. Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago (Greater Sundas and Wallacea), Second Edition. Lynx Editions. ISBN978-84-16728-44-2

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Salvadori's Pheasant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Salvadori%27s_Pheasant

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