Long thought to be an enigmatic and elusive species, it is actually a cross of Edwards's pheasant and the silver pheasant (L. nycthemera subsp.
Historically, this mysterious creature was believed to be an unapproachable and hard-to-find species, but it has been discovered that it is actually a hybrid of Edwards's pheasant and the silver pheasant (L. nycthemera subsp.