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Palawan Peacock-Pheasant - eBird Peacock Pheasant, Palawan Island, Pale Face, Online Photo Gallery, Palawan, Pheasant, Bird Species, Bird Watching, Beautiful Birds

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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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!” Peacock Pheasant, Palawan Island, Best Countries To Visit, World Most Beautiful Place, Dream Vacations Destinations, Places In The World, Airbrush Art, Palawan, Pretty Birds

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!”

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