The Vietnamese pheasant, or Vietnam fireback, was formerly considered a species of
gallopheasant, ''Lophura hatinhensis'', but is now considered a variant of
Edward's pheasant. Discovered in 1964, it is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to central
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making ...
. Its range concentrates around
Kẻ Gỗ Nature Reserve in
Hà Tĩnh Province
Hà is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as He in Chinese and Ha in Korean.
Ha is the anglicized variation of the surname Hà. It is also the anglicized variation of Hạ.
Notable people with the surname Hà
* Hà Kiều Anh, ...
.
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Habitat
The fireback inhabits primary and secondary (including logged) evergreen forest
An evergreen forest is a forest made up of evergreen trees. They occur across a wide range of climatic zones, and include trees such as conifers and holly in cold climates, eucalyptus, Live oak, acacias, magnolia, and banksia in more temperate zon ...
in lowlands and hills from sea level (at least historically) to about 300 m. It may tolerate habitat degradation, but is apparently far more common in closed-canopy forest, and has been trapped in dense, streamside vegetation.
References
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Gallopheasants
Endemic birds of Vietnam
Endangered animals
Endangered biota of Asia
Controversial bird taxa
Hà Tĩnh province
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