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The genus '''''Argusianus''''' ], 1815 consist of two species of spectaculary plumaged ]s with greatly elongated secondaries and central tail feathers. The genus '''''Argusianus''''' ], 1815 consist of one (and another dubtful) species of spectaculary plumaged ] with greatly elongated secondaries and central tail feathers.


One of the species, the '''Double-banded Argus''' is known only from the portion of a single primary feather. The '''Double-banded Argus''' was described from a portion of a single primary feather found in a batch of Great Argus ] feathers; it is probably just an aberrant specimen.


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Argusianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Argusianus
Rafinesque, 1815

The genus Argusianus Rafinesque, 1815 consist of one (and another dubtful) species of spectaculary 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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