# Impeyan pheasant

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A species of pheasant, Lophophorus impejanus.

## Etymology
After English natural historian Lady Mary Impey, who established a menagerie in Calcutta. Named in 1790 by ornithologist John Latham, who described the species from a preserved corpse from the menagerie.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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