• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

Difference between revisions of "Bulwer's Pheasant" - BirdForum Opus

(Update Clements to Oct22)
(Amend GSearch with new combined search, Add GSearch checked template)
Line 31: Line 31:
 
{{ref}}
 
{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Lophura+bulweri}}
+
{{GSearch| "Lophura bulweri" {{!}} "Bulwer's Pheasant" {{!}} "Bulwers Pheasant"}}
 +
{{GS-checked}}
  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Lophura]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Lophura]]

Revision as of 13:08, 22 December 2022

Photo © by horukuru
Mount Trusmadi, Sabah, Malaysia, 12 December 2022
Lophura bulweri

Identification

77-80cm
Male

  • Glossy blue-black body
  • Bluish spots on tips of upperpart feathers
  • Brilliant blue facial skin and wattles
  • Purple sheen to the throat and upper breast
  • White tail
  • Crimson-red legs

Female - smaller

  • Dark mottled rufous-brown
  • Fine black vermiculations
  • Dull bluish facial skin
  • Red legs

Distribution

Interior Borneo.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Submontane forests.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes fruit, bulbs, tubers, ants, termites, small crickets, worms, crayfish, and a variety of seeds.

Breeding

The 2-5 eggs are incubated for 24 to 25 days.

References

  1. 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/
  2. ARKive

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

Back
Top