Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)

Imperial Pheasant (Lophura imperialis) - HBW 2, p. 533

French: Faisan impérial German: Kaiserfasan Spanish: Faisán Imperial

Taxonomy: Hierophasis imperialis Delacour and Jabouille, 1924, Donghoi, C Vietnam.
Formerly placed in genus Hierophasis. Taxonomic status of three Vietnamese endemic Lophura forms, L. e. edwardsi, L. e. hatinhensis and present species is uncertain. Monotypic.

Distribution: C Vietnam. Alleged occurrence in Laos is probably erroneous.