The imperial pheasant
(Gà lôi lam mào đen, Lophura imperialis) is a gallopheasant from Southeast Asia.
it is actually a cross of Edwards's pheasant and the silver pheasant (L. nycthemera subsp. annamensis), a hybrid.
The imperial pheasant (Lophura imperialis) is a gallopheasant from Southeast Asia.
This pheasant is found in the forests of Vietnam and Laos.
Galliformes is a scientific order of heavy-bodied, ground-feeding birds (landfowl) named from Latin gallus ("cock/rooster") and forma ("shape/form").
Phasianidae from Phasianus: Latin for "pheasant", derived from the Ancient Greek φἀσιἀνος, phāsiānos, meaning "(bird) of the Phasis", the River Phasis (now the Rioni) in Colchis on the east coast of the Black Sea (now western Georgia).
The genus name combines the Ancient Greek λοφος/lophos meaning "crest" with ουρα/oura meaning "tail".
imperialis: Latin adjective imperiālis from the Latin noun imperium and the verb imperare, meaning "to command," "to rule," or "to possess supreme power".
In Ancient Rome, imperium referred to military authority and the right to command.











