Peacock Pheasants Polyplectron

The CRESTED or MALAY PEACOCK PHEASANT, Polyplectron malacense, is native to the Malay peninsula.

Like other Peacock-pheasants, males have "eyed" plumage and raise/spread their tails like peacocks. Females are plainer and brown.

More than half the pheasant's native range has been cleared for agriculture and much of the remaining population is rapidly declining through hunting.

The GREY or BURMESE PEACOCK PHEASANT, Polyplectron bicalcaratum, is native mainly to Myanmar, Assam (India/Himalayas) and northern Thailand.

There are 3 subspecies. The male displays the "eyes" on spread wings and tail when courting.

The female is similar to the male above with less bright plumage.
 

The MOUNTAIN or ROTHSCHILD'S PEACOCK PHEASANT, Polyplectron inopinatum, native to mountain forests of Malayasia, is elusive and particularly endangered.

The female is similar to the larger male but his plumage is brighter with iridescent blue-green eye-spots.

The BRONZE-TAILED or SUMATRAN PEACOCK PHEASANT, Polyplectron chalcurum, native to mountain forests of west Sumatra, Indonesia, is also shy and elusive. Unlike other peacock pheasants, their plumage has no eye-spots. The male has longer tail feathers and two spurs on each leg used for fighting other males in the breeding season. There is a northern and a southern subspecies.