Female © Gil Ewing
Male © Seth Wollney
Pair © Graeme Spinks
Pair © Richard Fuller

Salvadori's Pheasant Lophura inornata

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Identification

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Chunky pheasant endemic to Sumatra’s highlands and foothills. Male is dark iridescent blue, while the female is warm brown with a dark tail. Both sexes have short tails, bright red patches of bare facial skin, and pale bills with a faint hook. Forages quietly on the forest floor, typically singly, sometimes in pairs. Generally fairly quiet; deep “bwoop” contact calls sometimes given, and males give a wing-whirring display that can be audible at close range.

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