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Ruffed Pheasants
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Ruffed Pheasants

Chrysolophus

Chrysolophus is a genus of the pheasant family of birds. The genus name is from Ancient Greek khrusolophos, "with golden crest".

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Golden Pheasant

speciesChrysolophus pictus

Lady Amherst's Pheasant

speciesChrysolophus amherstiae

Lady Amherst's × Golden Pheasant

hybridChrysolophus amherstiae × pictus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1229.