Vietnamese Pheasant - BirdForum Opus

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Lophura hatinhensis

Identification

58-65 cm. Blue-black, short, shaggy white crest, red facial skin and white central tail feathers. Female grey-brown with warmer tinged wings and black tail with brown central tail feathers.

Distribution

N-central Vietnam.

Taxonomy

A monotypic species. Discovered in 1964.
A bird seen in 1990 and belived to be an Imperial Pheasant might have been a hybrid of this species with Silver Pheasant.

Habitat

Lowland evergreen forests.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Vietnamese Pheasant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 31 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Vietnamese_Pheasant

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