NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Siamese Fireback
Lophura diardi (Bonaparte, 1856)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Lophura diardi commonly known as Siamese fireback. Photo by Thai National Parks, Thailand.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Siamese fireback (Lophura diardi), also known as Diard's fireback, is a fairly large, approximately 80 cm (31 in) 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 wings and tail feathers.
The Siamese fireback is distributed to the lowland and evergreen forests of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam in Southeast Asia. However, in June 2025, the bird was spotted naturally in the forest area of Ranikhet, a popular tourist destination in Uttarakhand, India. This species is also designated as Thailand's national bird. The female usually lays between four and eight rosy eggs.
Wikipedia contributors, Siamese fireback; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:40:46.940311+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lophura diardi (Bonaparte, 1856)
- Name authority
- (Bonaparte, 1856)
- Common name
- Siamese Fireback
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Genus
- Lophura
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderGalliformes
- familyPhasianidae
- genusLophura J. Fleming, 1822
- speciesLophura diardi (Bonaparte, 1856)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lophura. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bornean Crested FirebackLophura ignita (Shaw, 1798) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Salvadori's PheasantLophura inornata (Salvadori, 1879) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Edward's PheasantLophura edwardsi (Oustalet, 1896) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crestless FirebackLophura erythrophthalma (Raffles, 1822) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silver PheasantLophura nycthemera (Linnaeus, 1758) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kalij PheasantLophura leucomelanos (Latham, 1790) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swinhoe's PheasantLophura swinhoii (Gould, 1863) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Euplocomus diardi Bonaparte, 1856 Bonaparte, 1856 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=176076 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:72MK7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.