viellottii

Updated: May 16, 2025

So the Argus pheasants, male and female, are, I feel sure, protected by their tints corresponding to dead leaves of the dry lofty forests in which they dwell; and the female of the gorgeous fire-back pheasant, Lophura viellottii, is of a very similar rich brown colour.

Sir James Marchant - Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1