Edwards's Pheasant

Edwards's Pheasant
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	Both sexes
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Superorder:	Galloanserae
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Subfamily:	Phasianinae
Tribe:	Phasianini
Genus:	Lophura
Species:	L. edwardsi
Binomial name
	Lophura edwardsi; (Oustalet, 1896)
Synonyms
	Gennaeus Edwardsi (protonym) ; Delacourigallus edwardsi ; Hierophasis edwardsi

Taxonomy[]

Was formerly placed in the genus Delacourigallus and Hierophasis, but genetic studies found that no evidence that Lophura as currently constituted is polyphyletic;^[2] the same study showed that Lophura comprises of five clades, of which L. edwardsi forms a clade with L. swinhoii.^[2]

Form known as “Imperial Pheasant, L. imperialis” now known to be a hybrid between L. edwardsi and L. nycthemera.^[3] Form hatinhensis, sometimes treated as a full species, L. hatinhensis or as a subspecies of L. edwardsi, now judged to be an unstable variant produced by inbreeding.^[4]

Edwards's Pheasant includes Vietnamese Pheasant (L. hatinhensis). Its taxonomic status is uncertain, but species description inadequate and hypotheses re variation in Edwards's Pheasant unresolved.^[5]^[6]^[4]^[7]

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References[]

^ "Lophura edwardsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b Randi, E., Lucchini, V., Hennache, A., Kimball, R.T., Braun, E.L. & Ligon J.D. (2001) Evolution of the mitochondrial DNA control region and cytochrome b genes and the inference of phylogenetic relationships in the avian genus Lophura (Galliformes). Mol. Phyl. & Evol. 19(2): 187–201.
^ Hennache, A., Rasmussen, P.C., Lucchini, V., Rimondi, S. & Randi, E. (2003) Hybrid origin of the Imperial Pheasant Lophura imperialis (Delacour & Jabouille, 1924) demonstrated by morphology, hybrid experiments and DNA analyses. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 80(4): 573–600.
^ ^a ^b Hennache, Mahood, Eames, Randi. 2012. Lophura hatinhensis is an invalid taxon. Forktail 28: 129-135.
^ McGowan, PJK., 1994. Family Phasianidae (Pheasants and Partridges), pp. 434‐553. In: Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 2. J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (Eds.). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
^ Madge, S. and McGowan, P. (2002) Pheasants, partridges and grouse: A guide to the pheasants, quails, grouse, guineafowl, buttonquails, and sandgrouse of the world. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press.
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[IUCN-1] "Lophura edwardsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2017.

[Randietal-2] Randi, E., Lucchini, V., Hennache, A., Kimball, R.T., Braun, E.L. & Ligon J.D. (2001) Evolution of the mitochondrial DNA control region and cytochrome b genes and the inference of phylogenetic relationships in the avian genus Lophura (Galliformes). Mol. Phyl. & Evol. 19(2): 187–201.

[Hennacheetal-3] Hennache, A., Rasmussen, P.C., Lucchini, V., Rimondi, S. & Randi, E. (2003) Hybrid origin of the Imperial Pheasant Lophura imperialis (Delacour & Jabouille, 1924) demonstrated by morphology, hybrid experiments and DNA analyses. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 80(4): 573–600.

[Hennache-4] Hennache, Mahood, Eames, Randi. 2012. Lophura hatinhensis is an invalid taxon. Forktail 28: 129-135.

[McGowan-5] McGowan, PJK., 1994. Family Phasianidae (Pheasants and Partridges), pp. 434‐553. In: Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 2. J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (Eds.). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

[MadgeMcGowan-6] Madge, S. and McGowan, P. (2002) Pheasants, partridges and grouse: A guide to the pheasants, quails, grouse, guineafowl, buttonquails, and sandgrouse of the world. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press.

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