Vietnamese [Vo Quy's] Pheasant [Lophura hatinhensis]; Edwards' lacks the white tail feathers. There has been controversy about whether these two are full species, I'm not sure what the current taxonomic position is or indeed whether I've spelt the scientific name right.
Vietnamese [Vo Quy's] Pheasant [Lophura hatinhensis]; Edwards' lacks the white tail feathers. There has been controversy about whether these two are full species, I'm not sure what the current taxonomic position is or indeed whether I've spelt the scientific name right.
You spelt it correctly. Depending on which source you use, Edwards and Vietnamese are subspecies of L.edwardsii, species in their own right, or the Vietnamese is nothing more than a colour phase of the Edwards.
![ELLIOTT'S PHEASANT [Syrmaticus elliotti];](/data/xfmg/thumbnail/127/127785-cd76d8a3e2b138d275d7aae84f626d88.jpg?1765328808)
