Polyplectron

The Malayan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron malacense) is endemic to the hill and montane forests of this ecoregion (Table 2).

Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests 2008

Palawan peacock pheasant Polyplectron emphanum has also been recorded.

Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Philippines 2008

Many of these are now rare in Thailand, including green peafowl Pavo muticus, red-headed vulture Torgos calvus, Kalij pheasant Lophura leucomelana, Burmese peacock-pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum, rufous-necked hornbill Aceros nipalensis and white-winged wooduck Cairina scutulata.

Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand 2008

Family Common Name Species Phasianidae Germain's peacock-pheasant Polyplectron germaini Timaliidae Grey-faced tit-babbler Macronous kelleyi An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.

Southern Vietnam lowland dry forests 2008

Notable bird species include white-winged wood duck Cairina scutulata, Kalij pheasant Lophura leucomelana, Burmese peafowl Polyplectron bicalaratum and green peafowl Pavo muticus (V).

Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand 2008

More than seventy-five birds are montane specialists, and BirdLife International considers two of these species threatened: the mountain peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron inopinatum) and the crested argus (Rheinardia ocellata).

Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests 2008

Family Common Name Species Phasianidae Orange-necked partridge* Arborophila davidi* Phasianidae Germain's peacock-pheasant Polyplectron germaini Timaliidae Grey-faced tit-babbler Macronous kelleyi An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.

Southeastern Indochina dry evergreen forests 2008

Their occurrence may be considered as a case of analogous variation, for some wild gallinaceous birds, for instance, the Polyplectron, have double spurs.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845

Among the other bird species that need conservation attention are the globally threatened white-winged duck (Cairina scutulata), the critically endangered Edwards's pheasant (Lophura edwardsi), and the threatened Siamese fireback (Lophura diardi), green peafowl (Pavo muticus), and Germain's peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron germaini).

Southern Annamites montane rain forests 2008

The EBA contains twenty restricted-range birds, seventeen of which are found nowhere else on Earth and five of which (Palawan peacock-pheasant [Polyplectron emphanum], grey imperial-pigeon [Ducula pickeringii], blue-headed racquet-tail [Prioniturus platenae], falcated wren-babbler [Ptilocichla falcata], and Palawan flycatcher [Ficedula platenae]) are considered vulnerable.

Palawan rain forests 2008