Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Galliformes > Phasianidae > Rheinardia > Rheinardia ocellataRheinardia ocellata (Crested Argus)The crested argus (Rheinardia ocellata) are large and spectacular pheasant like-peafowl with dark-brown-spotted black and buff plumage, a heavy pink bill, brown irises and blue skin around the eyes. The head has two crests; the hind crest, which extends down the occiput, is erected when alarmed and during intentional behaviors including pair bonding and courtship displays. The male has a broad and greatly elongated tail of twelve feathers. The tail covert (or "train") of the male is the longest of any bird and is believed to contain the longest (and widest) feathers to occur in a wild bird; the Reeves's pheasant has tail feathers of similar length but which are considerably narrower. The tail coverts measure up to 1.73 m (5.7 ft) in length, giving the bird a total length of 1.9–2.39 m (6.2 |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 13.0922 EDGE Score: 3.33877 |
Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore, Herbivore | Diet - Ectothermic [1] | 10 % | Diet - Fruit [1] | 30 % | Diet - Invertibrates [1] | 40 % | Diet - Plants [1] | 20 % | Forages - Ground [1] | 100 % |  | Clutch Size [2] | 2 | Incubation [2] | 24 days |
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Name |
Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Bach Ma |
Vietnam |
A1, A2 |
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Bi Dup-Nui Ba |
Vietnam |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dakrong |
Vietnam |
A1 |
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Hin Namno |
Laos |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ke Bang |
Vietnam |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ke Go |
Vietnam |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Khe Net |
Vietnam |
A1, A2 |
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Kon Plong |
Vietnam |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lo Xo |
Vietnam |
A1, A2 |
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Nakai-Nam Theun |
Laos |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nam Chat / Nam Pan |
Laos |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ngoc Linh |
Vietnam |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Phong Dien |
Vietnam |
A1, A2 |
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Phong Nha |
Vietnam |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Phou Ahyon |
Laos |
A1, A2 |
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Phuoc Binh |
Vietnam |
A1, A2 |
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Pu Mat |
Vietnam |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Taman Negara National Park |
Malaysia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Truong Son |
Vietnam |
A1, A2 |
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Upper Xe Bangfai |
Laos |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Vu Quang |
Vietnam |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Indo-Burma |
Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam |
No |
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Sundaland |
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand |
No |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Hamish 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 ♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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