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Polyplectron malacense (Malayan Peacock-Pheasant)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Malayan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron malacense) also known as crested peacock-pheasant or Malaysian peacock-pheasant, is a medium-sized pheasant of the galliform family Phasianidae. The closely related Bornean peacock-pheasant (P. schleiermacheri) was formerly included here as a subspecies, but as understood today, P. malacense is monotypic.
View Wikipedia Record: Polyplectron malacense

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Polyplectron malacense

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
38
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.14598
EDGE Score: 3.20209
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.246 lbs (565 g)
Female Weight [1]  1.102 lbs (500 g)
Male Weight [1]  1.389 lbs (630 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  26 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  30 %
Diet - Plants [2]  30 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [3]  1
Incubation [1]  23 days
Snout to Vent Length [4]  17 inches (43 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Gunung Leuser National Park II 2203368 Sumatra, Indonesia
Krau Wildlife Reserve IV 149823 Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia  
Pasoh Virgin Jungle Reserve Ia   Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia  
Tasek Bera Forest Reserve   Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Endau-Rompin Malaysia A1, A2, A3
Hulu Gombak-Sungai Lalang forest Malaysia A1, A2, A3
Krau Wildlife Reserve Malaysia A1, A2, A3
Taman Negara National Park Malaysia A1, A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0