The Imperial Pheasant of Vietnam is perhaps the rarest species in pheasants which is an endemic bird of Laos and Vietnam. The Imperial Pheasant is a medium-sized dark blue pheasant which may be up to 75 cm lengthy. The other prominent functions of the Imperial pheasant include its bare red facial skin, blue crest, crimson legs and glossy plumage. Female is brown with erectile brief feather crest, blackish tail and primaries.
The Imperial Pheasants are at times confused with another rare pheasant species which is discovered in the central forests of Vietnam and it is iknown as Vietnamese pheasant (Lophura hatinhensis). The Vietnamese pheasant was discovered in 1964 and it is a species of gall pheasant. But the Imperial pheasants are bigger than the Vietnamese pheasants and have longer tail, all dark blue crest and tail feathers. The Imperial Pheasant is in reality not considered as a correct species because this is a hybrid species created as a outcome of the cross breed between the the Vietnamese Pheasant and the subspecies anamnesis of the Silver Pheasant.
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