The male's beautiful black and white checkered tail is not shown in this photo.
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English Silver Pheasant Scientific (Lophura nycthemera) Order GALLIFORMES Family (Latin) Pheasants & Allies Family (English) Phasianidae Other name(s) Breeding Regions OR Breeding Range se Asia Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map Cambodia,China,Hong Kong,Laos,Myanmar,Taiwan,Thailand,United States - Hawaii,Vietnam, IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range omeiensis c, s Sichuan (sc China) lewisi sw Cambodia and se Thailand annamensis sc Vietnam beli wc Vietnam berliozi nc Vietnam beaulieui sw Yunnan (sc China), n Laos and nw Vietnam ripponi ec Myanmar jonesi e Myanmar to s China and n Thailand rufipes sw Yunnan (sw China) and nc Myanmar occidentalis nw Yunnan (sw China) and ne Myanmar whiteheadi Hainan I. (s China) fokiensis nw Fokien (se China) nycthemera Guangxi, Guangdong (s China) and ne Vietnam rongjiangensis se Guizhou (sc China) engelbachi s Laos
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by (Linnaeus, 1758) German Silberfasan French Faisan argenté Chinese 白鹇 Japanese ハッカン Russian Серебряный фазан Spanish Faisán plateado Portuguese faisão-prateado Bird Data App text
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Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
