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The Siamese fireback (''Lophura diardi''), also known as Diard's fireback, is a fairly large, approximately long, pheasant. The male has a grey plumage with an extensive facial caruncle, crimson legs and feet, ornamental black crest feathers, reddish brown iris and long curved blackish tail. The female is a brown bird with blackish wing and tail feathers.
The Siamese fireback is distributed to the lowland and evergreen forests of
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BirdLife Species Factsheet
Red Data BookEbird
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The Siamese fireback is distributed to the lowland and evergreen forests of Cambodia
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, Laos
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, Thailand
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and Vietnam
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in Southeast Asia
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. This species is also designated as the national bird
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of Thailand. The female usually lays between four and eight rosy eggs.
Naming
The scientific name commemorates theFrench
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naturalist Pierre-Médard Diard
Pierre-Médard Diard (19 March 1794 – 16 February 1863) was a French naturalist and explorer.
Diard studied zoology and anatomy under Georges Cuvier and assisted him in researches on the development of the foetus and on the eggs of quadrupeds. ...
.
This species of pheasant has a common name in Thai ''Kai Fah Phaya Lo'' ( th, ไก่ฟ้าพญาลอ; Lord Lo's pheasant), according to Thai folk literature, ''Lilit Phra Lo
''Lilit Phra Lo'' ( th, ลิลิตพระลอ) is a narrative poem of around 3,870 lines in Thai. ''Lilit'' is a poetic form; ''Phra'' is a prefix used for royalty and monks; ''Lo'' is the personal name of the hero, sometimes transcribe ...
'' where Phra Lo, the protagonist, is charmed by following the pheasant until he meets Phra Phuean and Phra Phaeng, the two sisters and later his lovers.
Status
Due to habitat loss and over-hunting in some areas, the Siamese fireback was evaluated as Near Threatened on theIUCN Red List
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, however, it is now Least Concern.
Gallery
See also
*National symbols of Thailand
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References
External links
BirdLife Species Factsheet
Red Data Book
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