Biology:Phasianini

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Short description: Tribe of birds

Phasianini
Male Phasianus versicolor in the grass - 2.jpg
Green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Phasianinae
Tribe: Phasianini
Horsfield, 1821
Genera

Syrmaticus
Chrysolophus
Phasianus
Catreus
Crossoptilon
Lophura

Phasianini is a tribe of birds in the subfamily Phasianinae. It contains the true pheasants. Species in this tribe are found throughout Europe and Asia. This grouping was supported by a 2021 phylogenetic analysis of Galliformes, and accepted by the International Ornithological Congress. The tribe name is accepted by the Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World.[1][2][3][4]

Species

Image Genus Living species
Mikado Pheasant 398.jpg Syrmaticus, long-tailed pheasants
Golden Pheasant male RWD4.jpg Chrysolophus, ruffed pheasants
A beutifull feazant in full glory searching food along the Rhine river - panoramio.jpg Phasianus, typical pheasants
Cheer Pheasant.jpg Catreus, cheer pheasant
  • Cheer pheasant, Catreus wallichii
Crossoptilon mantchuricum -USA -captive-8a.jpg Crossoptilon, eared pheasants
Lophura nycthemera 4734.JPG Lophura, gallopheasants
  • Edward's pheasant, Lophura edwardsi
  • Swinhoe's pheasant, Lophura swinhoii
  • Bulwer's pheasant, Lophura bulweri
  • Kalij pheasant, Lophura leucomelanos
  • Silver pheasant, Lophura nycthemera
  • Imperial pheasant, Lophura imperialis
  • Malayan crestless fireback, Lophura erythrophthalma
  • Bornean crestless fireback, Lophura pyronota
  • Siamese fireback, Lophura diardi
  • Salvadori's pheasant, Lophura inornata
  • Crested fireback, Lophura ignita

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16587520 entry