Great Argus Pheasant

Description:

The Great Argus, Argusianus argus (also known as Phoenix in some Asian areas) is a brown-plumaged pheasant with a small blue head and neck, rufous red upper breast, black hair-like feathers on crown and nape and red legs. The male is among the largest of all pheasants. He measures 160–200 cm in total length, including a tail of 105–143 cm .It has very long tail feathers. The male's most spectacular features are its huge, broad and greatly elongated secondary wing feathers decorated with large ocelli. The female is smaller and duller than male, with shorter tails and less ocelli.

Habitat:

The Great Argus is distributed in the jungles of Borneo, Sumatra and Malay Peninsula in southeast Asia.

Notes:

- At Bird Park ,Kuala Lumpur ,Malaysia .