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Silver Pheasant - Lophura nycthemera - Zilverfazant
Southeast-Asia.
The following 15 subspecies are being recognized:
Lophura nycthemera omeiensis - Central- and South-Sichuan (Southcentral-China);
Lophura nycthemera rongjiangensis - Southeast-Guizhou (Southcentral-China);
Lophura nycthemera nycthemera - Guangxi, Guangdong (South-China) and Northeast-Vietnam;
Lophura nycthemera fokiensis - Northwest-Fokien (Southeast-China);
Lophura nycthemera whiteheadi - Hainan Island (South-China);
Lophura nycthemera occidentalis - Northwest-Yunnan (Southwest-China) and Northwest-Myanmar;
Lophura nycthemera rufipes - Southwest-Yunnan (Southwest-China) and Northcentral-Myanmar;
Lophura nycthemera jonesi - East-Myanmar to South-China and North-Thailand;
Lophura nycthemera ripponi - Eastcentral-Myanmar;
Lophura nycthemera beaulieui - Southwest-Yunnan (Southcentral-China), North-Laos and Northwest-Vietnam;
Lophura nycthemera berliozi - Northcentral-Vietnam;
Lophura nycthemera beli - Westcentral-Vietnam;
Lophura nycthemera annamensis - Southcentral-Vietnam;
Lophura nycthemera lewisi - Southwest-Cambodia and Southeast-Thailand;
Lophura nycthemera engelbachi - South-Laos.
Of this species there are no Nature Photo's available.