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Chrysolophus
Sign in to saveChrysolophus is a genus of the pheasant family of birds. The genus name is from Ancient Greek khrusolophos, "with golden crest".
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGalliformes
- 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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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.