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Pheasants
   
   

Fig 1 : Mountain Peacock Pheasant


Fig 2 : Malayan Peacock Pheasant


Fig 3 : Green Junglefowl


Fig 4 : Red Junglefowl - male
 

Fig 5 : Red Junglefowl - female
 

Fig 1  :
Mountain Peacock Pheasant
Polyplectron inopinatum
Location : Bukit Tinggi, Peninsular Malaysia
Habitat : Lower montane primary rainforest

Fig 2  :
Malayan Peacock Pheasant (Crested Peacock Pheasant)
Polyplectron malacense
Location : Taman Negara, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
Habitat : Lowland primary rainforest

Fig 3 :
Green Junglefowl
Gallus varius
Location : Komodo Island, Indonesia
Habitat : Open, lowland forest

Fig 4 :
Red Junglefowl - male
Gallus gallus
Location : Portsdown, Singapore
Habitat : Secondary scrub forest

Fig 5 :
Red Junglefowl - female
Gallus gallus
Location : Macritchie, Singapore
Habitat : Secondary scrub forest

Fig 6 :
Kalij Pheasant - male
Lophura leucomelanos
Location : Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand
Habitat : Hill forest
Note : Photo by
Charles Currin

Fig 7 :
Kalij Pheasant - female
Lophura leucomelanos
Location : Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand
Habitat : Hill forest
Note : Photo by
Charles Currin

Fig 8 :
Malayan Crested Fireback - male
Lophura rufa
Location : Taman Negara, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
Habitat : Lowland primary rainforest

Fig 9 :
Common Pheasant - male
Phasianus colchicus
Location : Hampshire, England
Habitat : Agricultural grassland
Note : This pheasant is common as an introduced species in much of north-western Europe. Within Southeast Asia its native range includes northern parts of Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.

Fig 6 : Kalij Pheasant - male
 
©  Charles Currin
  
Fig 7 : Kalij Pheasant - female
 

©  Charles Currin
 


Fig 8 : Malayan Crested Fireback - male


Fig 9 : Common Pheasant - male