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title: "Kiściec srebrzysty"
description: "Lophura nycthemera — Ptaki. The silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) is a species of pheasant found in forests, mainly in mountains, of mainland Southeast Asia and eastern and southern China."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/silver-pheasant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kiściec srebrzysty

> Lophura nycthemera — Ptaki. The silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) is a species of pheasant found in forests, mainly in mountains, of mainland Southeast Asia and eastern and southern China.

- Scientific name: *Lophura nycthemera*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `mountains` (Góry), `zoo` (Zoo i zwierzęta domowe)
- iNaturalist observations: 2225
- Wikidata: [Q546835](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q546835)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1096](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1096)

## Names

- en: Silver Pheasant
- de: Silberfasan
- es: Faisán plateado
- fr: Faisan argenté
- nl: Zilverfazant
- pt: Faisão-prateado
- pl: Kiściec srebrzysty

## Countries with the most observations

CN (663), TH (111), VN (21), AR (9), MM (9), NZ (9), GB (7), JP (5), KH (3)

## Summary

The silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera) is a species of pheasant found in forests, mainly in mountains, of mainland Southeast Asia and eastern and southern China. It is introduced on Victoria Island in Nahuel Huapi Lake, Neuquén, Argentina and on Vancouver Island, Canada. The male is black and white, while the female is mainly brown. Both sexes have a bare red face and red legs (the latter separating it from the greyish-legged kalij pheasant). It is common in aviculture, and overall also remains common in the wild, but some of its subspecies (notably L. n. whiteheadi from Hainan, L. n. engelbachi from southern Laos…

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

## Photo

![Kiściec srebrzysty](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/silver-pheasant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/398762036

## Machine access

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