Lophura

Belongs within: Phasianidae.

Lophura is a genus of pheasants found in eastern Asia. Males of this genus are strikingly coloured with long tails and extensive patches of bright, bare skin around the eyes. The silver pheasant L. nycthemera is bright white above with a blue-black crown and underparts, and black lacing on the wings and tail providing a silvery appearance.

<==Lophura
    |  i. s.: L. hoogerwerfiJT12
    |         L. imperialisUSDI77
    |--+--L. erythrophthalmaBKB15
    |  |    |--L. e. erythrophthalmaRN72
    |  |    `--L. e. pyronotaRN72
    |  `--+--L. diardiBKB15
    |     `--L. ignitaBKB15
    |          |--L. i. ignitaRN72
    |          |--L. i. macartneyisumatranaRN72
    |          |--L. i. nobilisRN72
    |          `--L. i. rufaRN72
    `--+--L. inornataBKB15
       `--+--L. bulweriBKB15 [=Lobiophasis bulweriRN72]
          `--+--+--L. leucomelanosBKB15
             |  |    |--L. l. leucomelanosL81
             |  |    |--L. l. hamiltoniiL81
             |  |    |--L. l. lathamiRN72
             |  |    |--L. l. lineataRN72
             |  |    `--L. l. melanotaRN72
             |  `--L. nycthemera (Linnaeus 1758)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy)
             |       |--L. n. nycthemeraRN72
             |       |--L. n. annamensisRN72
             |       |--L. n. beaulieuiRN72
             |       |--L. n. beliRN72
             |       |--L. n. berlioziRN72
             |       |--L. n. engelbachiRN72
             |       |--L. n. fokiensisRN72
             |       |--L. n. jonesiRN72
             |       |--L. n. lewisiRN72
             |       |--L. n. ripponiRN72
             |       |--L. n. rufipesRN72
             |       `--L. n. whiteheadiRN72
             `--+--L. swinhoiiBKB15
                `--+--L. edwardsiBKB15
                   `--L. hatinhensisBKB15

Lophura nycthemera (Linnaeus 1758)^{BKB15, 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.