Alternative names: Mirror Pheasant; Rothschild's Peacock-Pheasant
- Polyplectron inopinatum
Identification
Male c. 65 cm (25½ in); female c. 46 cm (18 in)
Blackish brown, long graduated tail feathers
Male
- 20 tail feathers
- 2 Spurs on legs
- Metallic blue ocelli on upperparts, green ocelli on tail
Female : smaller and duller than male
- 18 tail feathers
- Black ocelli on upperparts
Distribution
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Montane forests.
Behaviour
The diet includes berries, spiders, beetles and ants.
Gallery
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References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Lepage D. (2020) Avibase. Retrieved 21 September 2020
- McGowan, P.J.K. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Mountain Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron inopinatum), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.mopphe1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Mountain Peacock-Pheasant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Mountain_Peacock-Pheasant
