Malayan Crested Fireback
Lophura rufa(Raffles, TS, 1822)
English (US) Malayan Crested Fireback
The Malayan Crested Fireback (Lophura rufa) 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: Thai-Malay Peninsula and SumatraRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lophura rufa
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Malayan Crested Fireback
- Described by
- (Raffles, TS, 1822)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Phasianus rufus
- Described by
- (Raffles, TS, 1822)
- Type locality
- Sumatra, type from either Benkoelen or Padang.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13, pt.2 p.321
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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