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Argusianus
Great Argus at San Diego Zoo, USA
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Phasianinae
Genus: Argusianus
Rafinesque, 1815

The genus Argusianus (Rafinesque, 1815) consist of two species of spectacularly plumaged pheasant with greatly elongated secondaries and central tail feathers.

The Double-banded Argus was described from a portion of a single primary feather found in a batch of Great Argus millinery feathers. It is probably just an aberrant specimen.

Species

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