Bornean Peacock Pheasant
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| Polyplectron schleiermacheri Bruggemann, 1877 |
The Bornean Peacock Pheasant, Polyplectron schleiermacheri is a medium-sized, up to 50cm long, rufous brown and black spotted pheasant with an elongated crest and nape feathers, black below and bare red skin around bluish iris eye. The breast sides are metallic blue-green, bordering the white throat and central upper breast. Its twenty-two tail feathers are decorated with large blue-green ocelli, which may be spread fan-like in display. The female is smaller and duller brown than the male. It has a brown iris and no spurs on its feet.
The Bornean Peacock Pheasant is the rarest and least known of all peacock-pheasants. This elusive bird is distributed and endemic to lowland forests of Borneo.
Due to ongoing habitat lost, small population size and limited range, the Bornean Peacock Pheasant is evaluated as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
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- BirdLife International (2004). Polyplectron schleiermacheri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map, a brief justification of why this species is endangered, and the criteria used
