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Vietnamese pheasant
A pair at Camperdown Wildlife Centre, Dundee, Angus, Scotland
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Genus:	Lophura
Species:	L. hatinhensis
Binomial name
Lophura hatinhensis Võ Quý, 1975
Synonyms
?Lophura edwardsi hatinhensis

The Vietnamese pheasant, or Vietnam fireback, was formerly considered a species of gallopheasant, Lophura hatinhensis, but is now considered a variant of Edward's pheasant. Discovered in 1964, it is endemic to central Vietnam. Its range concentrates around Kẻ Gỗ Nature Reserve in Hà Tĩnh Province.

Habitat

The fireback inhabits primary and secondary (including logged) evergreen forest in lowlands and hills from sea level (at least historically) to about 300 m. It may tolerate habitat degradation, but is apparently far more common in closed-canopy forest, and has been trapped in dense, streamside vegetation.

References

1. BirdLife Species Factsheet

• Hennache, A.; Mahood, S.P.; Eames, J.C.; Randi, E. (2012). "Lophura hatinhensis is an invalid taxon". Forktail. 28: 129–135. ISSN 0950-1746 – via ResearchGate.

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