Palawan Peacock

Description:

Palawan peacock - It is considered to be the most beautiful of the peacock species. The male has a long metallic blue crest with white lines above and below the eye. The rest of the head, under parts, and flight feathers are black. The mantle and wing coverts are metallic blue with purple reflections. Its back, rump, and tail are black with rusty brown spots. The upper tail coverts and broad tail feathers have metallic ocelli bordered by black and gray. The male also has two to three spurs on each leg. The female is smaller, with no spurs. She has a crest that is brown and isn't as visible as the male. The face and throat is whitish and the tail feathers has large purple ocelli. The bills are black and the feet are brown in both sexes. The male is attractively colored to attract a female.

Habitat:

The Palawan Peacock Pheasant is endemic to the Palawan Island in the Central Philippines where it is quite uncommon. They inhabit the island's humid, coastal lowland and deep forests. Several habitat sites are known to exist in the central mountain range.