Crestless fireback vs Silver pheasant
The silver pheasant is heavier: 1.23 kg against 934.3 g for the crestless fireback, about 32% more.
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What is the difference between a crestless fireback and a silver pheasant?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The silver pheasant is heavier: 1.23 kg against 934.3 g for the crestless fireback, about 32% more.
- Both belong to the genus Lophura, so they are close relatives.
- The crestless fireback is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List; the silver pheasant is Least Concern.
Side by side
| Crestless fireback | Silver pheasant | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Lophura erythrophthalma | Lophura nycthemera |
| Family | Phasianidae | Phasianidae |
| Order | Galliformes | Galliformes |
| Weight | 837 g – 1.04 kg | 1.23 kg – 1.75 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | forest | forest |
| Conservation status | Critically Endangered | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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