The Zoochat Photographic Guide to the Galliformes

Phasianus


Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout much of Asia, from the Caucasus and southern coastline of the Caspian Sea into Central Asia, northwest China and Mongolia, and from here throughout eastern China, southeast Siberia, the Korean Peninsula and northern Indochina; introduced populations belonging to several races are present worldwide, particularly in Europe, North America and Australasia.

Thirty subspecies are currently recognised:

P. c. septentrionalis
P. c. colchicus - photo by @alexkant

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P. c. talischensis - photo by @vogelcommando

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P. c. persicus - photo by @Maguari

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P. c. turcestanicus
P. c. mongolicus - photo by @Maguari

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P. c. principalis
P. c. chrysomelas - photo by @Tomek

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P. c. zerafschanicus - photo by @Maguari

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P. c. zarudnyi - photo by @Maguari

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P. c. bianchii.
P. c. shawii
P. c. tarimensis
P. c. hagenbecki
P. c. edzinensis
P. c. satscheuensis
P. c. vlangalii
P. c. alaschanicus
P. c. sohokhotensis
P. c. pallasi - photo by @Maguari

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P. c. karpowi - photo by @Eagle

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P. c. kiangsuensis
P. c. strauchi - photo by @ThylacineAlive

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P. c. suehschanensis
P. c. elegans
P. c. decollatus
P. c. torquatus - photo by @Maguari

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P. c. rothschildi
P. c. takatsukasae
P. c. formosanus - photo by @vogelcommando

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Green Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor)

The range of this species extends throughout Japan; an introduced population is present on Hawaii.

Four subspecies are recognised:

P. v. robustipes
P. v. tohkaidi
P. v. versicolor
P. v. tanensis

Photo by @J I N X

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birdsandbats said:
Where are you getting Reeves's Pheasant as introduced in Hawaii? If they were at one time (which I can find no evidence for) they certainly aren't anymore.
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HBW has some massively outdated notes for introductions (e.g. the Great Spotted Kiwi one from the Ratite thread). In this case they have just copied all the other sources [or perhaps they have all copied HBW, which is probably more likely].

Anyway, a few seconds on Google found the 1973 Soil Survey of Island of Hawaii, part two, which in a list of species mentioned Reeves' Pheasant as having "been introduced lately by the State Fish and Game Division of Hawaii" (the other species listed along with the Reeves' Pheasant being Rio Grande Turkey, Barbary Partridge, Gambel's Quail, and "francolin partridge").
 
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Chlidonias said:
HBW has some massively outdated notes for introductions (e.g. the Great Spotted Kiwi one from the Ratite thread). In this case they have just copied all the other sources [or perhaps they have all copied HBW, which is probably more likely].

Anyway, a few seconds on Google found the 1973 Soil Survey of Island of Hawaii, part two, which in a list of species mentioned Reeves' Pheasant as having "been introduced lately by the State Fish and Game Division of Hawaii" (the other species listed along with the Reeves' Pheasant being Rio Grande Turkey, Barbary Partridge, Gambel's Quail, and "francolin partridge").
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Of those four listed, the turkey and quail are still present (as are 3 species of francolins). The partridge is no longer present.
 
Crossoptilon


White Eared-pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon)

The range of this species is restricted to a patchy distribution throughout eastern Tibet, and adjacent regions of south-central and central China.

Four subspecies are recognised:

C. c. dolani - photo by @Himimomi

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C. c. drouynii - photo by @LaughingDove

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C. c. crossoptilon - photo by @Chlidonias

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C. c. lichiangense - photo by @Himimomi

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Tibetan Eared-pheasant (Crossoptilon harmani)

The range of this species is restricted to a patchy distribution in southeast Tibet and immediately-adjacent regions of extreme northeast India.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Deer Forest2

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Brown Eared-pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum)

The range of this species is restricted to a small region of northeast China.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Himimomi

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Blue Eared-pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum)

The range of this species extends throughout much of central and north-central China, as far south as far northeast Tibet and adjacent western Sichuan.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Himimomi

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Catreus


Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichii)

The range of this species is restricted to the western Himalayas, from northeast Pakistan to west-central Nepal.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ro6ca66

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Lophura


Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

The range of this species extends throughout the Himalayas from northeast Pakistan in the west to northeast India, south-central China and adjacent northwest Myanmar in the east, and from here throughout western and central Indochina to the northern reaches of the Malay Peninsula.

Nine subspecies are recognised:

L. l. hamiltonii - photo by @Writhedhornbill

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L. l. leucomelanos - photo by @ro6ca66

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L. l. melanota
L. l. moffitti
L. l. lathami
L. l. williamsi.- photo by @Chlidonias

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L. l. oatesi
L. l. lineata - photo by @LaughingDove

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L. l. crawfurdii - photo by @Tomek

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Silver Pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution throughout southern China and into northern and eastern Indochina; a handful of disjunct populations occur in southeast Indochina and eastern China.

Fifteen subspecies are currently recognised:

L. n. occidentalis
L. n. rufipes
L. n. ripponi
L. n. jonesi - photo by @Maguari

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L. n. omeiensis
L. n. rongjiangensis
L. n. beaulieui
L. n. nycthemera
L. n. whiteheadi
L. n. fokiensis
L. n. berliozi - photo by @Patrick87

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L. n. beli - photo by @Vision

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L. n. engelbachi
L. n. lewisi - photo by @Tomek

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L. n. annamensis - photo by @Chlidonias

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Edwards’s Pheasant (Lophura edwardsi)

The range of this species is restricted to a small area of central Vietnam.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Tomek




Swinhoe’s Pheasant (Lophura swinhoii)

Endemic to the mountains of central Taiwan.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Chlidonias

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Salvadori's Pheasant (Lophura inornata)

Endemic to the mountains of western Sumatra.

Two subspecies are recognised:

L. i. hoogerwerfi
L. i. inornata

Photo by @Daniel Sörensen

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Malay Crestless Fireback (Lophura erythrophthalma)

The range of this species extends throughout Peninsular Malaysia and into Sumatra.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Tomek

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Bornean Crestless Fireback (Lophura pyronota)

Endemic to Borneo.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present within the Zoochat gallery.


Bornean Crested Fireback (Lophura ignita)

Endemic to Borneo and adjacent offshore islands of the Greater Sundas.

Two subspecies are recognised:

L. i. ignita - photo by @Maguari

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L. i. nobilis


Malay Crested Fireback (Lophura rufa)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout the Malay Peninsula and into Sumatra.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ThylacineAlive

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Siamese Fireback (Lophura diardi)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution throughout much of Indochina; largely absent from much of central and eastern Thailand.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Writhedhornbill

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Bulwer's Pheasant (Lophura bulweri)

The range of this species is restricted to a patchy distribution of disjunct populations throughout inland Borneo.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Pertinax

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There are three noteworthy taxa which have previously been described as species or subspecies within Lophura, but which have been determined to be invalid for one reason or another; for the sake of completion these follow:

Imperial Pheasant (Lophura "imperialis")

Described from the forests of Vietnam and immediately-adjacent Laos; this taxon is now known to be a naturally-occurring hybrid between Lophura edwardsi and Lophura nycthemera annamensis.

Photo by @gentle lemur

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Vietnamese Pheasant (Lophura "hatinhensis")

Described from central Vietnam, and variously classified as either a distinct species or a subspecies of Lophura edwardsi, this taxon is now known to be a naturally-occurring and highly-inbred colour variant of edwardsi.

Photo by @Goura

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Delacour's Crested Fireback (Lophura rufa "macartneyi")

Described from southeast Sumatra, and usually classified as a distinct subspecies of the Malay Crested Fireback, this taxon is now regarded as a naturally-occurring hybrid between Lophura rufa and Lophura ignita.

Photo by @vogelcommando

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Chlidonias said:
HBW has some massively outdated notes for introductions (e.g. the Great Spotted Kiwi one from the Ratite thread). In this case they have just copied all the other sources [or perhaps they have all copied HBW, which is probably more likely].

Anyway, a few seconds on Google found the 1973 Soil Survey of Island of Hawaii, part two, which in a list of species mentioned Reeves' Pheasant as having "been introduced lately by the State Fish and Game Division of Hawaii" (the other species listed along with the Reeves' Pheasant being Rio Grande Turkey, Barbary Partridge, Gambel's Quail, and "francolin partridge").
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According to "Introduced Birds of the World" (John L. Long, 1981) Reeves Pheasants were introduced in to the Hawaiian Islands in 1957, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1964 & 1966 on Hawaii, Molokai & Oahu. Many died out shortly after release, but there were still some reported on Hawaii in 1971. At the time of publishing in 1981 the birds were established on Kauai, Molokai and Lanai but their status was poorly known.

However, field guides to the birds of Hawaii published by the Hawaiian Audubon Society in 1986 and onwards make reference to only Green, Ring-necked and Kalij Pheasants as being present in the islands.

:p

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TeaLovingDave said:
L. i. nobilis
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I don't know if it is of much use, but I uploaded an old picture of this taxon that was kept at De Rooie Hoeve in the Netherlands many years back. It only shows the head, unfortunately, but it is the best I have. I'll dig around and see if I can find more missing taxa, they had quite the collection back in the day (probably over 50 (sub)species and variants of pheasants).

Lophura ignita nobilis - 2013/14 - ZooChat
 
TeaLovingDave said:
Lophura


Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

The range of this species extends throughout the Himalayas from northeast Pakistan in the west to northeast India, south-central China and adjacent northwest Myanmar in the east, and from here throughout western and central Indochina to the northern reaches of the Malay Peninsula.

Nine subspecies are recognised:

L. l. hamiltonii - photo by @Writhedhornbill

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L. l. leucomelanos - photo by @ro6ca66

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L. l. melanota
L. l. moffitti
L. l. lathami
L. l. williamsi.- photo by @Chlidonias

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L. l. oatesi
L. l. lineata - photo by @LaughingDove

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L. l. crawfurdii - photo by @LaughingDove

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Surely the above is Lophura nycthemera and not L. l. crawfurdii

Silver Pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution throughout southern China and into northern and eastern Indochina; a handful of disjunct populations occur in southeast Indochina and eastern China.

Fifteen subspecies are currently recognised:

L. n. occidentalis
L. n. rufipes
L. n. ripponi
L. n. jonesi - photo by @Maguari

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L. n. omeiensis
L. n. rongjiangensis
L. n. beaulieui
L. n. nycthemera
L. n. whiteheadi
L. n. fokiensis
L. n. berliozi - photo by @Patrick87

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L. n. beli - photo by @Vision

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L. n. engelbachi
L. n. lewisi - photo by @Tomek

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L. n. annamensis - photo by @Chlidonias

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Edwards’s Pheasant (Lophura edwardsi)

The range of this species is restricted to a small area of central Vietnam.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Tomek




Swinhoe’s Pheasant (Lophura swinhoii)

Endemic to the mountains of central Taiwan.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Chlidonias

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Salvadori's Pheasant (Lophura inornata)

Endemic to the mountains of western Sumatra.

Two subspecies are recognised:

L. i. hoogerwerfi
L. i. inornata

Photo by @Daniel Sörensen

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Mr. Zootycoon said:
I don't know if it is of much use, but I uploaded an old picture of this taxon that was kept at De Rooie Hoeve in the Netherlands many years back. It only shows the head, unfortunately, but it is the best I have. I'll dig around and see if I can find more missing taxa, they had quite the collection back in the day (probably over 50 (sub)species and variants of pheasants).

Lophura ignita nobilis - 2013/14 - ZooChat
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I have a (not very good, but whole body) photo of a female in north Borneo, which ought to be this subspecies (from a family holiday near Kota Kinabalu on a resort with a wildlife rescue/nature reserve adjoining in 2000).

Female North Bornean Crested Fireback, Rasa Ria Resort, 2001 - ZooChat
 
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ThylacineAlive said:
He brought up a potential misidentification of the crawfordii kalij.

~Thylo
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Ah, I see it now :)

As I understand the matter, the issue is not whether the crawfurdii is misidentified but whether the subspecies itself (along with lineata) belongs within Kalij or Silver Pheasant, as these two subspecies look more like Silver Pheasant but molecular DNA places them within Kalij Pheasant.

That said, even with this taken into account that bird does look quite pale, so to play it safe I think I may swap it out for the other crawfurdii photograph in the gallery:

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TeaLovingDave said:
@Andrew Swales - I can't find the comment/query you have left in the quoted segment; if it hasn't shown up let me know what it said so I can fix the quote-box :)

@Mr. Zootycoon and @Maguari - Cheers; shall look at these now.
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Thanks Thylo - I tried to put the comment below the picture, but I think the system defeated me!

It was the two pics at the end of the Kalij listing. A Lineated and a Crawfurd's. The former is the same as the birds we bred in the 1980s, but the latter looks like a nominate Silver to me, or at least bone of the very white forms...
I will try to dig out pictures of the Lineated and Black Kalij we had at the time, along with those of the Blood Pheasants at Iain Grahame's at Dawe's Hall and Harry Beks in Holland.

Surely this is a Silver and not a Kalij...
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Andrew Swales said:
Thanks Thylo - I tried to put the comment below the picture, but I think the system defeated me!
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Oh, the comment was there - I just missed it because I'm used to you highlighting your quotation comments in bold! :)

Andrew Swales said:
I will try to dig out pictures of the Lineated and Black Kalij we had at the time, along with those of the Blood Pheasants at Iain Grahame's at Dawe's Hall and Harry Beks in Holland.
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That would be much appreciated, if at all possible :) I'd also be grateful if you could give feedback on whether I have selected a pure-looking Lady Amherst's Pheasant photograph, given the fact you have discussed the matter in the gallery previously.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
Ah, I see it now :)

As I understand the matter, the issue is not whether the crawfurdii is misidentified but whether the subspecies itself (along with lineata) belongs within Kalij or Silver Pheasant, as these two subspecies look more like Silver Pheasant but molecular DNA places them within Kalij Pheasant.

That said, even with this taken into account that bird does look quite pale, so to play it safe I think I may swap it out for the other crawfurdii photograph in the gallery:

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This is much more like crawfurdi or one of the dark Silvers. Generally Silvers have red legs and Kalij white/grey ones, but our lineata where 'reddish' (intermediate) like this bird above. The female lineata is very distinct and nothing like a Silver, and crucially (I would contest) male Silvers always only colour up fully in their second year, Kalij always do so in their first. This (along with the female colouration) would be why in my opinion lineata and crawfurdi are Kalij and not Silvers, albeit distinct from the black forms.
 
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TeaLovingDave said:
Oh, the comment was there - I just missed it because I'm used to you highlighting your quotation comments in bold! :)



That would be much appreciated, if at all possible :) I'd also be grateful if you could give feedback on whether I have selected a pure-looking Lady Amherst's Pheasant photograph, given the fact you have discussed the matter in the gallery previously.
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The Amherst head shot looks good to me TLD, the crucial part being the sharp dividing line between the dark green crown and the dark blood red crest. Often there is a physical change in the texture of the feathers at that point too, with the full green crown giving way to the more upright crest. A full crown/crest flowing from front to back, red feathers in the green crown and a paler more scarlet red - are all suspicious.
 
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