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Chrysolophus
Sign in to saveChrysolophus is a genus of the pheasant family of birds. The genus name is from Ancient Greek khrusolophos, "with golden crest".
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Within Vinony's link graph, Chrysolophus is referenced by 170 other articles, and connects out to Tetraoninae, Blood Pheasant and Snow Partridge.
It is catalogued under topics including Bird genera, Chrysolophus and Taxa named by John Edward Gray.
Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGalliformes
- FamilyPhasianidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 40
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Collections
- USNM, CUMV, FMNH, UTEP, HSU, CM
- Recorded in
- Locality Unknown, United States, China
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Chrysolophus is a genus of the pheasant family of birds. The genus name is from Ancient Greek khrusolophos, "with golden crest".
These are species which have spectacularly plumaged males. The golden pheasant is native to western China, and Lady Amherst's pheasant to Tibet and westernmost China, but both have been widely introduced elsewhere. In places where self-supporting feral populations have become established, such as England, the two species will interbreed to produce hybrids.
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