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Chrysolophus

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Chrysolophus

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Chrysolophus is a genus of the pheasant family of birds. The genus name is from Ancient Greek khrusolophos, "with golden crest".

Species

KINGDOM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderGalliformes
  5. FamilyPhasianidae
Observations recorded3,012,139,120

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
40
With media
2
Family
Phasianidae
Collections
USNM, CUMV, FMNH, UTEP, HSU, CM
Recorded in
Locality Unknown, United States, China

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • References

Chrysolophus is a genus of the pheasant family of birds. The genus name is from Ancient Greek khrusolophos, "with golden crest".

These are species which have spectacularly plumaged males. The golden pheasant is native to western China, and Lady Amherst's pheasant to Tibet and westernmost China, but both have been widely introduced elsewhere. In places where self-supporting feral populations have become established, such as England, the two species will interbreed to produce hybrids.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chrysolophus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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