Male © Christoph Moning eBird S31025756 Macaulay Library ML 67794321
Female © Lars Petersson | My World of Bird Photography
Male © Dave Bakewell
Male © Luke Seitz
Female and chick © Todd A. Watkins
+ 2
Male and female © Neoh Hor Kee

Mountain Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron inopinatum

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Identification

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Long-tailed, small-headed, maroon-and-gray pheasant. Male has a longer tail than the female, and his green spots are brighter; they gleam like hewn emeralds when he is displaying. Found in foothill and montane forest. Forages quietly on the ground, scratching through leaf litter. Typically shy and very difficult to see; only reliably and easily viewed where habituated.

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