Palawan peacock-pheasant
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| Species: | P. napoleonis
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| Polyplectron napoleonis Lesson, 1831
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The Palawan Peacock Pheasant, Polyplectron napoleonis also known as Napoleon Peacock Pheasant is a medium-sized, up to 50cm long, pheasant with an erectile crest, white stripe over eye, and highly iridescence metallic green and black plumage. Male is the handsomest and most peacock-like member of genus Polyplectron. Its tail feathers are decorated with large blue-green ocelli, which may be spread fan-like in courtship display. The female is a dark brown bird with short crest, whitish throat, cheeks and eyebrow.
This shy and elusive bird is distributed and endemic to humid forests of Palawan Island in the Philippines Archipelago.
Due to ongoing habitat lost and exploitation, the Palawan Peacock Pheasant is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix I of CITES.
References
- Template:IUCN2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable