Salvadori's Pheasant
Lophura inornata
- Near threatened
- Card rarity: Uncommon
- Birds
Salvadori's pheasant is a landfowl bird of genus Lophura, native to Indonesia. It is found in the mountain rainforests of Sumatra. Thus it is also known as the Sumatran pheasant. This bird was first described in 1879 by the Italian ornithologist Tommaso Salvadori. The species name inornata means "without ornament". The Hoogerwerf's pheasant is usually thought to be a subspecies.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Genus
- Lophura