Female © Shailesh Pinto
Male © Helmut Pfeifenberger
Male © Shailesh Pinto
Male © Craig Brelsford

Konungsfasani Syrmaticus reevesii

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Identification

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A large terrestrial bird of hill forests. Male has very long black-and-white tail and is strikingly patterned: appears crafted out of black-edged gold and white porcelain scales. Female has peach belly and dark comma-like stripe behind the eye. Courting male makes a series of sputtering, bubbling, chirping, and squeaking notes, as well as loud and resonant wing-drumming. Contact and alarm calls are similarly sputtering, varying in loudness.

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