Argus (bird)

Argus
An argus illustration from "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex" by Charles Darwin
An argus illustration from The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Phasianinae
Tribe: Pavonini
Groups included
Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa

An argus, or argus pheasant, is a member of a clade in the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae, containing two species of bird that are closely related to peafowl.