Palawan peacock pheasant

Palawan-Peacock Pheasant

Palawan Peacock-pheasant

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Polyplectron napoleonis, Palawan Peacock-pheasant. Endemic to the Philippines, the Palawan peacock-pheasant is found in the humid forests of Palawan Island in the southern part of the Philippine archipelago. Peacock-pheasants are highly invertivorous, taking isopods, earwigs, insect larvae, mollusks, centipedes and termites as well as small frogs, drupes, seeds and berries. Calls include a harsh grating “skrark!” or sharp “skrik!”

“Extra bird is extra. (Palawan peacock pheasant, Durrell Wildlife Trust)”

A large, spectacular ground bird of forest on Palawan with a fairly long tail and a crest. Female is entirely brown with a pale face. Male has a black body with blue marks on the wings, a grayish, finely speckled back and tail with blue peacock “eyes,” white marks on the face, and a red eye-ring. Female is somewhat similar to female Red Junglefowl, which has a reddish face and cocks its tail, and Tabon Scrubfowl, which has a much shorter tail. Calls include a harsh grating “skrark!” or sharp…

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Palawan Peacock pheasant.

Palawan Peacock Pheasant Female