Gallopheasant
The gallopheasants are pheasants of the family Phasianidae. The genus comprises 11 species and several subspecies. Several species in this genus are known as firebacks, including crestless and crested firebacks, as well as the Siamese fireback.
Taxonomy
The genus Lophura was introduced in 1822 by the Scottish naturalist John Fleming to accommodate a single species, the Bornean crested fireback which is therefore considered to be the type species by monotypy. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek λοφος/lophos meaning "crest" with ουρα/oura meaning "tail".Species
The genus contains the following 11 species:| Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
| Lophura edwardsi | Edwards's pheasant | Vietnam | |
| Lophura swinhoii | Swinhoe's pheasant | Taiwan | |
| Lophura bulweri | Bulwer's pheasant | Borneo | |
| Lophura leucomelanos | kalij pheasant | Pakistan to western Thailand | |
| Lophura nycthemera | silver pheasant | mainland Southeast Asia, and eastern and southern China | |
| Lophura erythrophthalma | Malayan crestless fireback | Malay peninsula and Sumatra | |
| Lophura pyronota | Bornean crestless fireback | northern Borneo | |
| Lophura rufa | Malayan crested fireback | Thai-Malay Peninsula and Sumatra | |
| Lophura ignita | Bornean crested fireback | Borneo | |
| Lophura diardi | Siamese fireback | Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam in Southeast Asia | |
| Lophura inornata | Salvadori's pheasant | Sumatra |
The Vietnamese pheasant Lophura hatinhensis, formerly considered valid, has now been shown to be a variant of Edward's pheasant caused by inbreeding due to small population size.
The Imperial pheasant is now known to be a hybrid between Edwards's pheasant and a subspecies of silver pheasant.