Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

Other Names (World)
Kalij Pheasant, Kalij

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
50 - 74 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Latham, 1790)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest and shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh (B), Bhutan (B), China (mainland) (B), India (B), Myanmar (B), Nepal (B), Pakistan (B), Thailand (B).

Introduced to USA (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos) [XC375401]
by Tshering Dema from Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand (call)

Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos) [XC27342]
by Lakshminarasimha R from Volcano Bird Park, Volcano NP, Hawai'i (Big Island), HA, United States (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Silver Pheasant (Lophura nycthemera). Subspecies oatesi, lineata and crawfurdi, forms to east of R Irrawaddy in Burma, are more closely related to some subspecies of Silver Pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) than to other subspecies of Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos) to west of Irrawaddy. Revision of these two species needed. Several subspecies of dubious validity: horsfieldii is a synonym of lathami. Specific status has been proposed for subspecies lathami and lineata.

The following 9 subspecies are recognised:

hamiltonii (Gray, JE, 1829) - Western Himalayas, from R Indus east to western Nepal.
leucomelanos (Latham, 1790) - Western and east-central Nepal.
melanota (Hutton, T, 1848) - North-eastern India (Sikkim) and western Bhutan east to R Sankosh.
moffitti (Hachisuka, 1938) - Described from captive birds; only reliable record in wild from central Bhutan.
lathami (Gray, JE, 1829) - Eastern Bhutan and north-eastern India (Assam) east to Burma (probably east to R Irrawaddy).
williamsi (Oates, 1898) - Western Burma, east to R Irrawaddy; possibly also in north-eastern India (eastern Manipur).
oatesi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1893) - Arrakan Yomas in southern Burma, east of R Irrawaddy.
lineata (Vigors, 1831) - Southern Burma east of R Irrawaddy south to western Thailand.
crawfurdii (Gray, JE, 1829) - South-eastern Burma (Tenasserim) and peninsular Thailand.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos) - 10 files

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