Bornean Crested Fireback - BirdForum Opus

Male, subspecies nobilis (Bornean Crested Fireback)
Photo by Michael Hooper
Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, June 2006

Lophura ignita

Identification

Female
Photo by Jason Bugay Reyes
Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, March 2011

Male 65–70 cm (25½-27½ in); female 56–57 cm (22-22½ in)
Male

Dark crest
Blue black upperside, wings and breast
Chestnut lower breast and belly
Chestnut-orange lower back
Black outer tail feathers
Buffy central tail feathers
Blue facial skin, enlarged as wattles
Red iris

Female

Short chestnut crest
Blue facial skin
Chestnut plumage on upperside and especially fore-end of underside
White streaks on breast giving way to a scalloped white and black lower belly

Similar species

Compare Bulwer's Pheasant (notice white tail in male) and Bornean Crestless Fireback (notice red facial skin).

Distribution

South-east Asia: found in Borneo.

Taxonomy

This was formerly joined with Malayan Crested Fireback in Crested Fireback (Pheasant).

Subspecies

There are 2 recognized subspecies^[1]:

L. i. ignita:

Kalimantan (Borneo) and Banka Island (off south-eastern Sumatra)

L. i. nobilis:

Borneo (Sarawak and Sabah)

Habitat

Lowland forests.

Behaviour

Diet

It is known that they eat leaves and seeds and some insects, but there is little detailed information available.

Breeding

The clutch consists of 4-8 creamy-white eggs.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Feb 2018)
Wikipedia

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Bornean Crested Fireback. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bornean_Crested_Fireback

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