Everything about The Silver Pheasant totally explained
The
Silver Pheasant,
Lophura nycthemera is a large, approximately 125cm long, white
pheasant with bare red facial skin, red legs and glossy black below. The male is adorned with white, long, patterned tail and black dropping crest on its crown. At least two years is needed to attain full male plumage. The female is an olive brown with black-tipped crest.
The Silver Pheasant inhabits to the mountain forests of
mainland Southeast Asia and
China. There are seventeen subspecies of Silver Pheasant, distributed from east
Burma,
Cambodia,
Laos,
Thailand,
Vietnam,
China to the island of
Hainan and recently seen in Smiths Station, Alabama.
The nominate subspecies
Lophura nycthemera nycthemera of southeastern China and northern Vietnam is the largest and whitest race. The southern subspecies have varying amounts of grey or black markings and shorter tails.
The Silver Pheasant, widespread and a common species in most of its habitat range, is evaluated as Least Concern on the
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Gallery
Male
Image:Male Lophura nycthemera.jpg
Image:Silver Pheasant.jpg
Image:Stavenn Lophura nycthemera 00.jpg
Female
Image:Lophura nycthemera 03 female.jpg
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