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| The beautiful male Palawan Peacock Pheasant is the most colourful of the peacock-pheasants which all have "eyed" plumage and the males raise and spread their tails like peacocks. | |
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| The Palawan Peacock Pheasant comes from Palawan Island of the Philippines | |
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| The hen, as usual for pheasants, is much plainer. Like the above juvenile male without the blue. | |
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| The male raises his iridescent neck feathers and drops food items for the female. If she accepts the food offerings, he then spreads his wings and tail in display to her and walks round her. | ||
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| The iridescent crest | The tail | |
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| Crested/Malay Peacock Pheasant | Grey/Burm. Peacock Pheasant | Mountain Peacock Pheasant |