Peacock-Pheasants
Polyplectron
The peacock-pheasants are a bird genus, Polyplectron, of the family Phasianidae, consisting of eight species. They are colored inconspicuously, relying on heavily on crypsis to avoid detection. When threatened, peacock-pheasants will alter their shapes using specialised plumage that when expanded reveals numerous iridescent orbs. The birds also vibrate their plume quills further accentuating their aposematism. Peacock-pheasants exhibit well developed metatarsal spurs. Older individuals may have multiple spurs on each leg. These kicking thorns are used in...
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species
Grey Peacock-Pheasant
speciesPolyplectron bicalcaratum
Palawan Peacock-Pheasant
speciesPolyplectron napoleonis
Mountain Peacock-Pheasant
speciesPolyplectron inopinatum
Germain's Peacock-Pheasant
speciesPolyplectron germaini
Hainan Peacock-Pheasant
speciesPolyplectron katsumatae
Malayan Peacock-Pheasant
speciesPolyplectron malacense
Bornean Peacock-Pheasant
speciesPolyplectron schleiermacheri
Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant
speciesPolyplectron chalcurum
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1181.