Lophura

Swinhoe's pheasant Lophura swinhoii, copyright Nick Athanas.

Belongs within: Phasianidae.

Lophura is a genus of pheasants found in eastern Asia, males of which are strikingly coloured with long tails and extensive patches of bright, bare skin around the eyes.

<==Lophura
    |  i. s.: L. hoogerwerfi JT12
    |         L. imperialis USDI77
    |--+--L. erythrophthalma BKB15
    |  |    |--L. e. erythrophthalma RN72
    |  |    `--L. e. pyronota RN72
    |  `--+--L. diardi BKB15
    |     `--L. ignita BKB15
    |          |--L. i. ignita RN72
    |          |--L. i. macartneyisumatrana RN72
    |          |--L. i. nobilis RN72
    |          `--L. i. rufa RN72
    `--+--L. inornata BKB15
       `--+--L. bulweri BKB15 [=Lobiophasis bulweri RN72]
          `--+--+--L. leucomelanos JT12
             |  |    |--L. l. leucomelanos L81
             |  |    |--L. l. hamiltonii L81
             |  |    |--L. l. lathami RN72
             |  |    |--L. l. lineata RN72
             |  |    `--L. l. melanota RN72
             |  `--L. nycthemera (Linnaeus 1758) JT12, CC10 (see below for synonymy)
             |       |--L. n. nycthemera RN72
             |       |--L. n. annamensis RN72
             |       |--L. n. beaulieui RN72
             |       |--L. n. beli RN72
             |       |--L. n. berliozi RN72
             |       |--L. n. engelbachi RN72
             |       |--L. n. fokiensis RN72
             |       |--L. n. jonesi RN72
             |       |--L. n. lewisi RN72
             |       |--L. n. ripponi RN72
             |       |--L. n. rufipes RN72
             |       `--L. n. whiteheadi RN72
             `--+--L. swinhoii JT12
                `--+--L. edwardsi JT12
                   `--L. hatinhensis JT12

Lophura nycthemera (Linnaeus 1758) JT12, CC10 [=Phasianus nycthemerus CC10, Gallophasis nycthemerus CC10, Gennaeus nycthemerus CC10]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[CC10] Checklist Committee (OSNZ). 2010. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica 4^th ed. Ornithological Society of New Zealand and Te Papa Press: Wellington.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[L81] Long, J. L. 1981. Introduced Birds of the World: The worldwide history, distribution and influence of birds introduced to new environments. Reed: Sydney.

[RN72] Rutgers, A., & K. A. Norris (eds) 1972. Encyclopaedia of Aviculture vol. 1. London, Blandford Press.

[USDI77] USDI (United States Department of the Interior). 1977. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants—republication of list of species. Federal Register 42: 36420–36431.