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Silver Pheasant

Lophura nycthemera (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The silver pheasant is a species of pheasant found in forests, mainly in mountains, of mainland Southeast Asia and eastern and southern China, with an introduced population on Victoria Island in Nahuel Huapi Lake, Neuquén, Argentina. The male is black and white, while the female is mainly brown. Both sexes have a bare red face and red legs. It is common in aviculture, and overall also remains common in the wild, but some of its subspecies are rare and threatened. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Galliformes
Family:
  Phasianidae
Genus:
   Lophura
Scientific:
  Lophura nycthemera

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.159

Protonym:
  Phasianus nycthemerus

Type locality:
  China.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/178/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  69DAB4A8EDDADB7F

Avibase ID:
  avibase-69DAB4A8

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/69DAB4A8

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176083

Geographic range:

  • Lophura nycthemera nycthemera: southern China (Guangdong and Guangxi) to northern Vietnam
  • Lophura nycthemera annamensis: montane forest of southern Vietnam
  • Lophura nycthemera beaulieui: south-central China (southeastern Yunnan) to northern Laos and northern Vietnam
  • Lophura nycthemera beli: central Vietnam (east slope of Annamitic Mountains)
  • Lophura nycthemera berliozi: central Vietnam (west slope of Annamitic Mountains)
  • Lophura nycthemera engelbachi: southern Laos (Bolaven Plateau)
  • Lophura nycthemera fokiensis: southeastern China (northwestern Fujian and (?) Zhejiang)
  • Lophura nycthemera omeiensis: south-central China (southern Sichuan)
  • Lophura nycthemera rufipes: highlands of northern Myanmar (Northern Shan State)
  • Lophura nycthemera whiteheadi: Hainan (southern China)
  • Lophura nycthemera ripponi: highlands of northern Myanmar (Southern Shan State)
  • Lophura nycthemera occidentalis: south-central China (northwestern Yunnan) and northeastern Myanmar
  • Lophura nycthemera rongjiangensis: south-central China (southeastern Guizhou)
  • Lophura nycthemera lewisi: mountains of southwestern Cambodia and southeastern Thailand
  • Lophura nycthemera jonesi: Myanmar to southwestern China (southwestern Yunnan) and central Thailand
  • Lophura nycthemera lineata: southern Myanmar (east of Irrawaddy River) to northwestern Thailand
  • Lophura nycthemera crawfurdii: southeastern Myanmar (Tenasserim) and peninsular Thailand
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Silver Pheasant
Czech:
bažant stříbrný
Danish:
Sølvfasan
German:
Silberfasan
Spanish:
Faisán Plateado
Finnish:
hopeafasaani
French:
Faisan argenté
Hungarian:
ezüstfácán
Italian:
Fagiano argentato
Japanese (romaji):
hakkan
Japanese:
ハッカン
Lithuanian:
Sidabrinis fazanas
Dutch:
Zilverfazant
Norwegian:
Sølvfasan
Polish:
kisciec srebrzysty
Portuguese:
Faisão-prateado
Russian:
Серебряная лофура
Slovak:
bažant strieborný
Swedish:
Silverfasan
Chinese:
白鹇
Chinese (Traditional):
白鷼

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Faisan argenté ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Faisan argenté ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Lophura nycthemera [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Lophura [nycthemera or leucomelanos] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Czech: Bažant stríbrný, bažant stříbrný
Danish: Sølvfasan
German: Silberfasan
English: Silver Pheasant
Esperanto: Arĝenta fazano
Spanish: Faisán Plateado
Spanish (Argentine): Faisán plateado
Estonian: hõbefaasan
Finnish: Hopeafasaani
French: Faisan argenté
Irish: Piasún liathgheal
Hebrew: פסיון כסף
Hungarian: ezüstfácán
Italian: Fagiano argentato
Japanese (romaji): hakkan
Japanese: ハッカン
Japanese (Kanji): 白鷴
Kazakh: күміс қырғауыл
Kirghiz: күмүш кыргоол
Scientific: Gennaeus nycthemerus, Lophura nycthemera, Lophura nycthemera nycthemera, Phasianus nycthemerus
Lithuanian: Sidabrinis fazanas
Mongolian: хөх хадан хараа
Malay: Burung Kuang Perak
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): хөх хадан хараа
Dutch: Zilverfazant
Norwegian: Sølvfasan
Polish: Bażant srebrzysty, kisciec srebrzysty, kiściec srebrzysty
Pinyin: bái-xián
Portuguese: Faisão-prateado
Russian: Серебристый Куриный Фазан, Серебристый фазан, Серебряная лофура, серебряный фазан
Slovak: Bažant strieborný
Swedish: Silverfasan
Thai: ไก่ฟ้าสีเงิน, ไก่ฟ้าหลังขาว
Thai (Transliteration): kài-fáa sĭi-ŋeun, kày-fáa lăŋ-kʰăaw
Turkish: Gümüş Sülün
Uzbek: кумушсимон қирғовул
Vietnamese: Gà lôi, Gà lôi trắng, Gà lôi vằn, Gà tiền mặt đò, Trĩ bạc
Chinese: 白鷴, 白鹇
Chinese (Traditional): 白鷼

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