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Silver pheasant

Lophura nycthemera (Linnaeus, 1758)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) is a species in the family Phasianidae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh 1.23 kg to 1.75 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)
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Quick facts about the silver pheasant

Weight
1.23 kg – 1.75 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
25.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
6.5 – 6.75src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the silver pheasant live?

Not recorded

What is the silver pheasant?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) is a species of pheasant found in forests, mainly in mountains, of mainland Southeast Asia and eastern and southern China. It is introduced on Victoria Island in Nahuel Huapi Lake, Neuquén, Argentina and on Vancouver Island, Canada. The male is black and white, while the female is mainly brown. Both sexes have a bare red face and red legs (the latter separating it from the greyish-legged kalij pheasant). It is common in aviculture, and overall also remains common in the wild, but some of its subspecies (notably L. n. whiteheadi from Hainan, L. n. engelbachi from southern Laos, and L. n. annamensis from southern Vietnam) are rare and threatened.

From the Wikipedia article “Silver pheasant” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silver_pheasant&oldid=1384631405), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the silver pheasant endangered?

The silver pheasant is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the silver pheasant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGalliformes
  5. familyPhasianidae
  6. genusLophura
  7. SpeciesLophura nycthemera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Lophura imperialis, Nycthemerus argentatus

Other names and names in other languages (42)
  • تدرج فضيArabic
  • فزان فضيArabic
  • faisán platiáuAsturian
  • Сребърен фазанBulgarian
  • Fazan grisBreton
  • faisà argentatCatalan
  • bažant stříbrnýCzech
  • ffesant arianWelsh
  • SølvfasanDanish
  • SilberfasanGerman
  • arĝenta fazanoEsperanto
  • Faisán plateadoSpanish
  • hõbefaasanEstonian
  • hopeafasaaniFinnish
  • Faisan argentéFrench
  • Piasún liathghealIrish
  • פסיון כסוףHebrew
  • ezüstfácánHungarian
  • Fagiano argentatoItalian
  • ハッカンJapanese
  • Күміс қырғауылKazakh
  • 백한Korean
  • 백한(白鷳)Korean
  • sidabrinė lofuraLithuanian
  • Sidabrinis fazanasLithuanian
  • Сребрен фазанMacedonian
  • ZilverfazantDutch
  • kiściec srebrzystyPolish
  • faisão-prateadoPortuguese
  • Серебряный фазанRussian
  • Серебряная лофураRussian
  • bažant striebornýSlovak
  • Srebrni fazanSerbian
  • silverfasanSwedish
  • ไก่ฟ้าหลังขาวThai
  • Gümüş SülünTurkish
  • Фазан срібнийUkrainian
  • лофур сріблястийUkrainian
  • Gà lôi trắngVietnamese
  • 白鷳Chinese
  • 白鷴Chinese
  • 白鹇Chinese

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Relatives of the silver pheasant

Other species in the same genus Lophura.

CompareSilver pheasant vs Kalij pheasantSilver pheasant vs Bulwer's pheasantSilver pheasant vs Swinhoe's pheasantSilver pheasant vs Edwards's pheasant

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the silver pheasant?

An adult silver pheasant weighs 1.23 kg – 1.75 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the silver pheasant endangered?

The silver pheasant is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the silver pheasant?

The silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) belongs to the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{silver_pheasant_2026,
  title = {Silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-pheasant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}