Gallopheasant

Gallopheasants
Lophura swinhoii - Swinhoe pheasant
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Tribe: Phasianini
Genus: Lophura
Fleming, 1822
Type species
Phasianus ignitus
Shaw, 1797

The gallopheasants (genus Lophura) are pheasants of the family Phasianidae. The genus comprises 11 species and several subspecies. Several species in this genus are known as firebacks, including crestless and crested firebacks, as well as the Siamese fireback.

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