Bornean peacock-pheasant
Bornean peacock-pheasant | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Genus: | Polyplectron |
Species: | P. schleiermacheri
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Binomial name | |
Polyplectron schleiermacheri Brüggemann, 1877
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Synonyms | |
Polyplectron malacense schleiermacheri |
The Bornean peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron schleiermacheri) is a medium-sized
Description
The pheasant is up to 50 cm long, rufous brown and black spotted, with an elongated crest and nape feathers, black below and bare red skin around bluish
Taxonomy
Together with the phenotypically similar Malayan peacock-pheasant and Palawan peacock-pheasant it represents a basal group in its genus; their radiation probably took place during the Pliocene[4][5] Being very poorly known, the Bornean peacock-pheasant was long considered to be a subspecies of the Malayan peacock-pheasant, but the two species are well-isolated geographically. The highly specialised anterior breast and upper neck plumage of male Bornean peacock-pheasant males are quite distinctive. Females of the two species are more difficult to distinguish. The rectrices of the Bornean species are morphologically and patterned intermediate between Palawan and Malayan peacock-pheasants.
Status and conservation
Because of ongoing habitat loss, small population size, and limited range, the Bornean peacock-pheasant is evaluated as
References
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.
- ^ Note that the molecular clock calibration method used by Kimball et al. (2001) is now known to be inappropriate, yielding far too low estimates in galliform birds.
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