Vietnamese pheasant
Vietnamese pheasant | |
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A pair at Camperdown Wildlife Centre , Dundee, Angus, Scotland
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Genus: | Lophura |
Species: | L. hatinhensis
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Binomial name | |
Lophura hatinhensis Võ Quý, 1975
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Synonyms | |
?Lophura edwardsi hatinhensis |
The Vietnamese pheasant, or Vietnam fireback, was formerly considered a species of
Hà Tĩnh Province.[1]
Habitat
The fireback inhabits primary and secondary (including logged) evergreen forest in lowlands and hills from sea level (at least historically) to about 300 m. It may tolerate habitat degradation, but is apparently far more common in closed-canopy forest, and has been trapped in dense, streamside vegetation.
References
- Hennache, A.; Mahood, S.P.; Eames, J.C.; Randi, E. (2012). "Lophura hatinhensis is an invalid taxon". Forktail. 28: 129–135. ISSN 0950-1746 – via ResearchGate.