Difference between revisions of "Imperial Pheasant" - BirdForum Opus

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This is a disambiguation page. A number of articles are associated with the title Imperial Pheasant.

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Imperial Pheasant is now know to be a hybrid between:

One bird might also have been a hybrid between Silver Pheasant and Vietnamese Pheasant.

References

Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
A. Hennache, P. Rasmussen, V. Lucchini, S. Rimondi, E. Randi. 'Hybrid origin of the imperial pheasant Lophura imperialis (Delacour and Jabouille, 1924) demonstrated by morphology, hybrid experiments, and DNA analyses'. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 80, Number 4, December 2003, pp. 573-600.

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Imperial Pheasant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 22 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Imperial_Pheasant

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-{{incomplete}}
+{{disambig}}
-;[[:Category:Lophura|Lophura]] imperialis
+'''Imperial Pheasant''' is now know to be a hybrid between:
-==Identification==
-cm long, bare red facial skin, blue crest, crimson legs and glossy plumage. Female is brown with erectile short feather crest, blackish tail and primaries.
+*'''[[Silver Pheasant]]''' - ''Lophura nycthemera'' and
-==Distribution==
+*'''[[Edwards's Pheasant]]''' - ''Lophura edwardsi''
-Central [[Vietnam]] and [[Laos]].
-==Taxonomy==
+One bird might also have been a hybrid between [[Silver Pheasant]] and [[Vietnamese Pheasant]].
-A monotypic species.
-==Habitat==
+==References==
-Limestone mountains
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}# A. Hennache, P. Rasmussen, V. Lucchini, S. Rimondi, E. Randi. 'Hybrid origin of the imperial pheasant Lophura imperialis (Delacour and Jabouille, 1924) demonstrated by morphology, hybrid experiments, and DNA analyses'. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 80, Number 4, December 2003, pp. 573-600.
-==Behaviour==
+{{ref}}
-==External Links==
-{{GSearch|Lophura+imperialis}}
-[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Lophura]]