PHEASANT                              SCIENTIFIC NAME                      ORIGIN OF NAME

Satyr Tragopan	Tragopan satyra Gray, 1829	Tragopan from Greek word meaning "goat" & the god Pan; satyra from a semi-diety in Greek mythology having horns and the hind limbs of a goat.
Blyth's Tragopan 1 subspecies Molesworth's Tragopan Tragopan blythi molesworthi	Tragopan blythi blythi Jerdon, 1870	Named after Edward Blyth, an English naturalist who was the curator at a museum in Calcutta, India
Temminck's Tragopan	Tragopan temmincki Gray, 1831	Named for Coenraad Jacob Temminck, a Dutch ornithologist
Cabot's Tragopan	Tragopan caboti Gould, 1857	Named for Dr. Cabot of Boston who had a Cabot's skin in his collection which was studied and classified in 1857 by John Gould, an ornithologist
Western Tragopan believed to be the rarest of all tragopans	Tragopan melanocephalus Gray, 1829
Himilayan Monal (Impeyan)	Lophophorus impeyanus Latham, 1790	Lophophorus from two Greek words literally meaning crest-bearing; impeyanus after Lady Impey, the wife of the first governor of the state of Bengal in India
Chinese Monal very rare - not yet bred in captivity	Lophophorus ihuysi Hilaire, 1866
Sclater's Monal  very rare - not yet bred in captivity	Lophophorus sclateri Jerdon, 1870
Common Koklass	Pucrasia macrolopha macrolopha Lesson, 1829	Pucrasia, the Latin onometopetic name (the formation of a name by imitating the sound association with the designated object); macrolopha from Greek words meaning long and crest (long-crested)
White-Crested Kalij	Gennaeus albocristatus* current name Lophura leucomelana hamiltoni Latham, 1790	Gennaeus from a Greek word meaning noble or proud, a reference to the bird's carriage; albocristatus from Latin words meaning white-crested.
Nepal Kalij	Gennaeus leucomelana* current name Lophura leucomelana leucomelana Latham, 1790	leucomelanus from Greek words meaning white and black; Nepal is the area where the bird is naturally found
Black-Breasted Kalij also known as Horsfield's Kalij	Gennaeus horsfieldi* current name Lophura leucomelana moffitti (formerly L. lathami) Latham, 1790	horsfieldi after Dr. Thomas Horsfield, an English naturalist
Black-Backed Kalij	Lophura leucomelana melanota
Lineated Kalij	Lophura lineata
Imperial Pheasant (discovered in 1923 by Dr. Jean Delacour) only in captivity at Antwerp & London Zoos	Lophura imperialis Delacour & Jabouille, 1924
True Silver Pheasant	Gennaeus nycethemerus* current name Lophura nycethemera Linnaeus, 1758	nycthemerus from Greek words meaning night and day, a reference to the black and white coloration
Berioz Pheasant resembles the true silver except shorter tail and  darker underparts	Lophura berliozi
Edward's Pheasant	Gennaeus edwardsi* current name Lophura edwardsi Oustalet, 1896	Delacour nor Beebe gave no specific origin of the name, King Edward VII of Great Britain, was very popular at the time the species was named
Swinhoe's Pheasant	Gennaeus swinhoei* current name Lophura swinhoei Gould, 1863	swinhoei after Robert Swinhoe, a British Consul in Formosa, who discovered the species
Salvadori's Pheasant first bred in captivity by Houpert & Lastere in 1976 Now present in aviaries in U.S. and Europe	Lophura inornata inornata Salvadori, 1879
Malay Crestless Fireback Captive-bred populations are still low	Acomus erythrophthalmus* current name Lophura erythrophthalma erythrophthalma Raffles, 1822	Acomus from a Greek word meaning hairless, referring to the absence of a crest; erythrophthalmus from two Greek words meaning reddish and eye..a reference to the red facial skin surrounding the eyes .. their range is the Malay Penninsula
Bornean Crestless Fireback Captive-bred populations are still low	Acomus pyronotus* current name Lophura erythrophthalma pyronota	pyronotus from Greek words meaning fire and back; Bornean from Borneo, the home of the species
Siamese Crested Fireback	Lophura diardi Bonaparte, 1856	Lophura from a Greek word meaning bushy or crested tail, diardi after M. Diard, a French explorer; Siamese for Siam (Thailand) part of the species' range
Vieillot's Crested Fireback originally called the Malayan Crested Fireback	Lophura rufa* current name Lophura ignita rufa	rufa from the Latin word rufus, a reference to the color of the bird's back
Bornean Crested Fireback (Lesser Bornean Fireback)	Lophura ignita* current name Lophura ignita ignita Shaw, 1897	ignita from the Latin word meaning fire, a reference to the fire-colored back and abdominal plumage
Bulwer's Wattled Pheasant discovered in 1874, not bred successfully until 1973 by Dr. Estudillo Lopez	Lophura bulweri Sharpe, 1874
Vietnamese Pheasant discovered in 1975 by Dr. Vo Quy	Lophura hatinhensis Vo Quy, 1975	Discovered in central Vietnam after the war
Brown Eared Pheasant	Crossoptilon mantchuricum Swinhoe, 1863	Crossoptilon from Greek words meaning fringe and down or feathers; mantchuricum from Manchuria, the area where the birds were first sighted
Blue Eared Pheasant	Crossoptilon auritum Pallas, 1811	auritum from a Latin word meaning eared
White Eared Pheasant Several subspecies Szechuan:  C.c. crossoptilon Drouyni:  C.c. drouyni Dolan's:  C.c. dolani	Crossoptilon tibetannum* current name  Crossoptilon crossoptilon Hodgson, 1838 (Dolan for the subspecies named after him)	tibetannum from Tibet, the area where the birds lived in the wild
Cheer Pheasant	Catreus wallichi Hardwicke, 1827	Catreus from a Greek word meaning a peacock-like bird; wallichi from Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, Danish botanist and superintendent of the Calcutta Botanical Gardens
Reeve's Pheasant	Syrmaticus reevesi Gray, 1829	Syrmaticus from a Latin word meaning dragging or trailing, a reference to the long, trailing feathers; reevesi from the man who brought the first living birds to Europe
Elliot's Pheasant	Syrmaticus ellioti Swinhoe, 1872	ellioti for Dr. D.G. Elliot, a respected American zoologist
Hume's Bar-Tailed Pheasant	Syrmaticus humiae humiae Hume, 1881	humiae after Mrs. Allan Hume, the wife of a British ornithologist
Mikado Pheasant	Syrmaticus mikado Olgilvie-Grant, 1906	mikado, the title of the Emperor of Japan where this pheasant is found
Scintillating CopperPheasant	Syrmaticus soemmerringi scintillans Temminck, 1830	soemmeringi after M. le professeur de Soemmerring; scintillans from a Latin word meaning spark, sparkle
Ijima's Copper Pheasant	Syrmaticus soemmerringi ijimae Temminck, 1830	ijimae after Prof. Ijima, Professor of Zoology at Tokyo University
Soemmerring's Copper Pheasant	Syrmaticus soemmerringi soemmerringi	soemmeringi after M. le professeur de Soemmerring
Golden Pheasant Because of cross-breeding, inbreeding, etc. many breeders use the name Red Golden Pheasant to denote this species	Chrysolophus pictus Linnaeus, 1758	Chrysolophus from a Greek word meaning with golden crest;  pictus from a Latin word meaning painted or adorned
Lady Amherst Pheasant	Chrysolophus amherstiae Leadbeater, 1829	amherstiae after Countess Amherst, who brought the birds to England
Chinese Ringneck Pheasant several subspecies & crossbred hybrids Black-necked:  P. c. colchicus Mongolian:  P.c. mongolicus Formosan:  P.c. formosanus	Phasianus colchicus torquatus Linnaeus, 1758	Phasianus from a Greek word referring to a river where the pheasants were numerous; colchicus from the region Colchis; torquatus from a Latin word meaning adorned with a collar, a reference to the white neck ring
Southern Green Pheasant also known as the Versicolor or Green Pheasant	Phasianus versicolor Vieillot, 1825	versicolor from a Latin word meaning many-colored
Rothchild's PeacockPheasant	Chalcurus inopinatus* current name Polyplectron inopinatum Rothschild, 1903	Chalcurus from two Greek words meaning copper tailed; inopinatus from a Latin word meaning the unexpected; Rothchild from Lord Rothchild, who first described the bird
Grey Peacock Pheasant	Polyplectron bicalcaratum bicalcaratum Linnaeus, 1758	Polyplectron from a Greek word meaning many spurred; bicalcaratum from Latin words meaning two-spurs
Germain's  Peacock Pheasant	Polyplectron bicalcaratum germaini* current name Polyplectron germaini Elliot, 1866	germaini after M. Germain, who first sent the species to Europe
Malay Peacock Pheasant	Polyplectron malacensis* current name Polyplectron malacense malacense Scopoli, 1786	malacensis of Malacca, city on Malaya; Malay from the Malay Peninsula, range of the species
Bornean Peacock Pheasant	Polyplectron malacense schleiermacheri
Palawan Peacock Pheasant	Polyplectron napoleonis* current name Polyplectron emphanum Temminck, 1831	napoleonis, dedicated to the Emperor Napoleon;  Palawan after the island in the Philippines where the species was found
Bronze-Tailed PeacockPheasant 2 subspecies - one each from North & South Sumatra	Polyplectron chalcurum Lesson, 1831
Sonnerat's Junglefowl also called the Grey Junglefowl	Gallus sonnerati Temminck, 1813
Red Junglefowl 5 Subspecies THE ANCESTOR OF ALL DOMESTIC FOWL	Gallus gallus gallus Gallus gallus murghi Gallus gallus jabouillei Gallus gallus spadiceus Gallus gallus bankiva Linnaeus, 1758
Green Junglefowl	Gallus varius Shaw, 1798
Ceylon Junglefowl or La Feyette's Junglefowl	Gallus lafayettei Lesson, 1831
Blood Pheasant 14 subspecies	Ithaginis cruentus Hardwicke, 1821