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Silver Pheasant [nycthemera]
Lophura nycthemera [nycthemera] (= Lophura nycthemera 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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Galliformes
Family:
Phasianidae
Genus:
Lophura
Scientific:
Lophura nycthemera nycthemera
Classification
Order:Galliformes
Family:
Phasianidae
Genus:
Lophura
Scientific:
Lophura nycthemera 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:
D793F5FE02243325
Avibase ID:
avibase-D793F5FE
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D793F5FE
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 678023
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
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Source: Clements checklist
Silver Pheasant [nycthemera]
French:
Faisan argenté [nycthemera]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Silver Pheasant [nycthemera] ( Lophura nycthemera [nycthemera]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Silver Pheasant [nycthemera] ( Lophura nycthemera [nycthemera]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Silver Pheasant [nycthemera] ( Lophura nycthemera [nycthemera]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Silver Pheasant [nominate group] ( Lophura nycthemera [nycthemera]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Silver Pheasant [nominate group] ( Lophura nycthemera [nycthemera]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Silver Pheasant [nominate group] ( Lophura nycthemera [nycthemera]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Silver Pheasant [nominate group] ( Lophura nycthemera [nycthemera]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Silver Pheasant [nominate group] ( Lophura nycthemera [nycthemera]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Silver Pheasant [nominate] ( Lophura nycthemera [nycthemera]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Silver Pheasant [nominate] ( Lophura nycthemera [nycthemera]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Silver Pheasant [nominate] ( Lophura nycthemera [nycthemera]) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2021: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2022: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2023: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 4th edition: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 6th edition: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2015: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2016: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2017: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2018: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Clements, version 2019: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| eBird version 1.50: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| eBird version 1.52: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| eBird version 1.53: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| eBird version 1.54: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| eBird version 1.55: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2015: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2016: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2017: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2018: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2019: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2021: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2022: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2023: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) |
| South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) |
| South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) |
| South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) |
| South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) |
| South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Silver Pheasant ( Lophura nycthemera) [version 2] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Lophura nycthemera |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Lophura nycthemera [nycthemera or crawfurdi]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Silwerfisant
Belarusian: Серабрысты бажан
Bulgarian: Сребърен фазан
Breton: Fazan gris
Catalan: Faisà argentat
Czech: bažant stříbrný
Welsh: Ffesant arian
Danish: Sølvfasan
German: Silberfasan
Greek: Αργυρoφασιαvός
English: Silver Pheasant, Silver Pheasant (nominate group), Silver Pheasant [nominate group], Silver Pheasant [nominate], Silver Pheasant [nycthemera]
English, HBW: Silver Pheasant
English (IOC): Silver Pheasant
English (United States): Silver Pheasant
Esperanto: Arĝentfazano
Spanish: Faisán Plateado
Spanish (Argentine): Faisán plateado
Spanish (Spain): Faisán Plateado
Spanish (HBW): Silver Pheasant
Estonian: hõbefaasan
Finnish: hopeafasaani
French: Faisan argenté, Faisan argenté [nycthemera]
Frisian: Sulverfazant
Irish: Piasún liathgheal
Galician: Faisán prateado
Hebrew: פסיון כסוף, פסיון כסף
Croatian: srebrni fazan
Hungarian: ezüstfácán
Icelandic: Silfurfasani
Italian: Fagiano argentato
Japanese (romaji): hakkan
Japanese: ハッカン
Japanese (Kanji): 白鷴
Scientific: Gennaeus nycthemerus, Lophura nycthemera, Lophura nycthemera [nycthemera], Lophura nycthemera nycthemera, Lophura nycthemerus, Phasianus nycthemerus
Luxembourgish: Sëlwerfasan
Lithuanian: Sidabrinė lofura, Sidabrinis fazanas
Latvian: Sudraba fazāns
Malay: Burung Kuang Perak
Dutch: Zilverfazant
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sølvfasan
Norwegian: Sølvfasan
Polish: kisciec srebrzysty, kiściec srebrzysty
Pinyin: bái-xián
Portuguese: faisão-prateado
Portuguese (Portugal): faisão-prateado
Rhaeto-Romance: Fasan d’argient
Romanian: Fazan argintiu
Russian: Серебристый фазан, Серебряная лофура, Серебряный фазан
Northern Sami: Silbafasána
Slovak: Bažant strieborný
Slovenian: Srebrni fazan
Albanian: Fazan i argjëntë
Serbian: Srebrni fazan
Swedish: Silverfasan
Thai: ไก่ฟ้าสีเงิน, ไก่ฟ้าหลังขาว
Thai (Transliteration): kài-fáa sĭi-ŋeun, kày-fáa lăŋ-kʰăaw
Turkish: Gümüş Sülün
Ukrainian: Лофур сріблястий
Vietnamese: Gà lôi, Gà lôi trắng, Gà lôi vằn, Trĩ bạc
Chinese: 白鷴, 白鹇
Chinese (Traditional): 白鷴, 白鷼
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