Crested fireback  (Lophura ignita)

Species information

Videos and images

Authentication

Authenticated (23/01/2007) by John Corder, Vice President of the World Pheasant Association, and Chairman of the European Conservation Breeding Group of the World Pheasant Association.
http://www.pheasant.org.uk/

Glossary

Subspecies: A population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.
Wattle: Bare fleshy skin that hangs from the bill, throat or eye of birds.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (May, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (1994) Handbook of the Birds of the World - New World Vultures To Guineafowl. Vol. 2. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
  3. CITES (May, 2006)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. gbwf.org: Dedicated to the Aviculture and Conservation of the World's Galliformes (August, 2006)
    http://www.gbwf.org/pheasants/fireback_crested.html
  5. Delacour, J. (1951) The Pheasants of the World. Country Life Ltd., London.
  6. BirdLife International. (2001) Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.