The silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) is a species of pheasant found in forests, mainly in mountains, of mainland Southeast Asia, and eastern and southern China, with introduced populations in Hawaii and various locations in the US mainland. The male is black and white, while the female is mainly brown. Both sexes have a bare red face and red legs (the latter separating it from the greyish-legged kalij pheasant). It is common in aviculture, and overall also remains common in the wild, but some of its subspecies (notably L. n. whiteheadi from Hainan, L. n. engelbachi from southern Laos, and L. n. annamensis from southern Vietnam) are rare and threatened.
The Blog has Wildlife, Plant and Bird Photos from Walks, Safaris, Birding Trips, Webcams and Vacations. The pictures have been taken with Nikon P900 and P950X cameras. Click on any image for a larger picture. On the right column under Blog Archive are the entries by date. Below under Animal categories all the different species of Animals, Birds, Insects and Plants in the website are listed. Clicking on any entry will show all the entries for that species. Info by Wikipedia.
