Vietnamese Crested Argus
Rheinardia ocellata(Elliot, DG, 1871)
English (US) Vietnamese Crested Argus
The Vietnamese Crested Argus (Rheinardia ocellata) 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 central Vietnam and eastern LaosRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rheinardia ocellata
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Vietnamese Crested Argus
- Described by
- (Elliot, DG, 1871)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Argus ocellatus
- Described by
- (Elliot, DG, 1871)
- Type locality
- No type locality
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.4, vol.8, no.44 p.119
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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