| Siamese fireback | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Lophura |
| Species: | L. diardi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophura diardi (Bonaparte, 1856)
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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.
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The Siamese fireback is distributed to the lowland and evergreen forests of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam in Southeast Asia. This species is also designated as Thailand's national bird. The female usually lays between four and eight rosy eggs.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Lophura diardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22679274A92808547. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679274A92808547.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.