Male © Christoph Moning eBird S31478410 Macaulay Library ML 67842201
Female © Chris Burwell
Male (Bornean) © Shailesh Pinto
Male display (Bornean) © Christoph Moning

Bornean Crested Fireback Lophura ignita

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Identification

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A spectacular dark pheasant of tropical lowland and lower montane rainforests. Male is glossy blue-black with a tufted crest and female is warm chocolate brown. Note the electric blue facial skin and whitish legs. Similar to Bulwer’s Pheasant but male Bornean Crested has bright orange belly and yellowish tail; female has pale-edged feathers on the underparts. Forages singly or in small groups on the forest floor. Shy but has become habituated in some places. Gives guttural “chuckit!” or soft ”weep” calls. Males also give a wing-whirring display.

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