Edwards's pheasant  (Lophura edwardsi)

Endemic to three provinces in central Vietnam, on the eastern side of the Annamite Mountains (7).

This lowland species inhabits level or gently sloping terrain covered by moist secondary evergreen forest with closed canopy and ample undergrowth of palms and bamboo (2) (8). Recent records have also come from lowland areas which have been selectively logged (6).