Bronze-tailed Peacock Pheasant
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| Polyplectron chalcurum Lesson, 1831 |
The Bronze-tailed Peacock Pheasant, Polyplectron chalcurum also known as Sumatran Peacock Pheasant is a small, up to 56cm long, dark brown pheasant with dark grey legs, rather small head and long, narrow tail of sixteen feathers. The tail feathers are chestnut brown with metallic purplish bars near tips. Both sexes are similar. The male has longer tail, two spurs on legs and yellow iris while unspurred female's dark brown.
An Indonesian endemic, the Bronze-tailed Peacock Pheasant inhabits to mountain forests of west Sumatra. As with other member in the genus, this elusive bird is shy and very wary. But unlike other peacock-pheasants, it has no ocelli.
The Bronze-tailed Peacock Pheasant is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Polyplectron chalcurum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 30 October 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
