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title: "Nepalfazant"
description: "Lophura leucomelanos — Vogels. The kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos), or simply kalij, is a pheasant found in forests and thickets, especially in the Himalayan foothills, from India, Nepal, Pakistan to western Thailand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/kalij-pheasant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Nepalfazant

> Lophura leucomelanos — Vogels. The kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos), or simply kalij, is a pheasant found in forests and thickets, especially in the Himalayan foothills, from India, Nepal, Pakistan to western Thailand.

- Scientific name: *Lophura leucomelanos*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 3202
- Wikidata: [Q840349](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840349)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1081](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1081)

## Names

- en: Kalij Pheasant
- de: Kalifasan
- es: Faisán Kalij
- fr: Faisan leucomèle
- nl: Nepalfazant
- pt: Faisão-kalij
- pl: Kiściec nepalski

## Countries with the most observations

US (1660), IN (797), TH (270), BT (85), CN (42), NP (42), BD (41), PK (19), MM (6)

## Summary

The kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos), or simply kalij, is a pheasant found in forests and thickets, especially in the Himalayan foothills, from India, Nepal, Pakistan to western Thailand. Males are rather variable depending on the subspecies involved, but all have at least partially glossy bluish-black plumage, while females are overall brownish. Both sexes have a bare red face and greyish legs (the latter separating it from the red-legged silver pheasant). It is generally widespread, though three of its eastern subspecies (L. l. oatesi, L. l. lineata, and L. l. crawfurdi) are considered threatened and L. l.…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalij_pheasant

## Photo

![Nepalfazant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/kalij-pheasant/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Eaton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203187414

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/kalij-pheasant?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).