Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)

Salvadori's Pheasant (Lophura inornata) - HBW 2, p. 535

French: Faisan de Salvadori German: Salvadorifasan Spanish: Faisán Sencillo
Other common names: Hoogerwerf's/Sumatran Pheasant (hoogerwerfi)

Taxonomy: Acomus inornatus Salvadori, 1879, Mount Singgalang, Padang, West Sumatra.
Has alternatively been placed either in genus Chalcocomus or in genus Houppifer. Race hoogerwerfi sometimes considered a distinct species, but very poorly known, and male remains undescribed; might not even merit subspecific status. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

hoogerwerfi (Chasen, 1939) - Aceh, N Sumatra.
inornata (Salvadori, 1879) - mountains of S Sumatra, S to Mt Dempu.

Vulnerable

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A female perched in a tree. Locality Mount Kerinci, Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra (Indonesia) (ssp inornata)
Pete Morris 1 July 2004 20 weeks ago 3.8
A closeup of a female Locality Antwerp Zoo, Antwerp Province, Belgium (ssp inorata)
Jonathan Beilby 25 October 2008 4 years ago 3.5
An adult female. Locality Antwerp Zoo, Antwerp Province, Belgium (ssp inornata)
Tomasz Doroń 28 June 2009 21 weeks ago 3.3
An adult male. Locality Antwerp Zoo, Antwerp Province, Belgium (ssp inornata)
Tomasz Doroń 28 June 2009 21 weeks ago 3.3
A female on the ground. Locality Vogelpark Avifauna, Alphen, South Holland Province, Netherlands (ssp inornata)
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 1993 21 weeks ago 3
A male on the ground. Locality El Nido Aviary, Ixtapaluca, Mexico State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp inornata)
Josep del Hoyo 21 April 1993 21 weeks ago 3