Grey Peacock Pheasant
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| Polyplectron bicalcaratum Linnaeus, 1758 |
The Grey Peacock Pheasant, Polyplectron bicalcaratum also known as Burmese Peacock or Chinquis Peacock Pheasant is a large, up to 76cm long, greyish brown pheasant with finely spotted green ocelli, elongated bushy crest, bare pink or yellow facial skin, white throat, and grey iris, bill and legs. Both sexes are similar. The female is smaller and darker than male. The young resembles the female.
The Grey Peacock Pheasant is distributed to lowland and hill forests of mainland southeast Asia, but excluding most of Indochina. The female usually lays two eggs. The diet consists mainly of seeds, termites, fruits and invertebrates.
The Grey Peacock Pheasant is the national bird of Myanmar.
Widespread throughout its large range, the Grey Peacock Pheasant is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Polyplectron bicalcaratum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 31 October 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
