Bulwer’s Pheasant / Lophura bulweri
Bulwer's Pheasant
SCI Name:
Protonym: Lobiophasis Bulweri Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(4), 14 p.373
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Phasianidae / Lophura
Taxonomy Code: bulphe1
Type Locality: Mountains of Lanos [i.e. Lawas], northern Borneo.
Author: Sharpe
Publish Year: 1874
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
LOPHURA
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Crested Fireback Pheasant L. ignita) Gr. λοφος lophos crest; ουρα oura tail; "Cheeks naked. 4. LOPHURA. Tail vertical, with the middle feather arched. Phasianus ignitus." (Fleming 1822); "Lophura Fleming, Philos. Zool., 2, 1822, p. 230. Type, by monotypy, Phasianus ignitus [Shaw]." (Peters 1934, II, 117).
Synon. Acomus, Alectrophasis, Alectryon, Chalcocomus, Delacourigallus, Diardigallus, Euplocomus, Gallophasis, Gennaeus, Grammatoptilus, Hierophasis, Houppifer, Lobiophasis, Lochmophasis, Lophalector, Macartneya, Nycthemerus, Phasianalector, Spicifer.
bulweri
Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer (1836-1914) British diplomat, Gov. of Labuan and Consul-Gen. in Borneo 1871-1875, Lt.-Gov. of Natal 1875-1880, Gov. of Natal 1882-1885, High Commissioner in Cyprus 1886-1892 (Lophura).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)