Hainan Peacock-Pheasant

How to identify

Field marks

1. Face bright red
2. Feathers gray overall
3. Feathers have green to blue eyespots
4. Crest shorter than that of Grey Peacock-Pheasant, with a darker crown

Male, female and young

Male larger, with a body length of 53–65 cm; female 40–45 cm, including the tail.

Voice

Male gives a louder call, sounding like “guang-gui”; female gives a shorter quack.

Similar species

Grey Peacock-Pheasant

Hainan Peacock-Pheasant is slightly smaller, with a shorter crest and a bright red face; Grey Peacock-Pheasant has a gray to pale yellow face and blue-purple eyespots.

Where and when it's recorded

No records at the public birding hotspots we track. It may be rare, remote, or its locations protected.

About

The Hainan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron katsumatae) is an endangered bird that belongs to the pheasant family Phasianidae. This extremely rare species is endemic to the island of Hainan, China.

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