Lady Amherst's Pheasant
Chrysolophus amherstiae(Leadbeater, B, 1829)
English (US) Lady Amherst's Pheasant
The Lady Amherst's Pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phasianidae (Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) in the order Galliformes.
Range: mountains of southeastern Tibet and southwestern China to northern MyanmarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chrysolophus amherstiae
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lady Amherst's Pheasant
- Described by
- (Leadbeater, B, 1829)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Phasianus Amherstiae
- Described by
- (Leadbeater, B, 1829)
- Type locality
- Mountains of Cochinchina.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 16, pt.1 p.129 pl.15
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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