Mountain Peacock-Pheasant
Polyplectron inopinatum(Rothschild, LW, 1903)
English (US) Mountain Peacock-Pheasant
The Mountain Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron inopinatum) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phasianidae (Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) in the order Galliformes.
Range: montane forest of Malay PeninsulaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Polyplectron inopinatum
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Mountain Peacock-Pheasant
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW, 1903)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Chalcurus inopinatus
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW, 1903)
- Type locality
- Ulu Pahang, Malay Peninsula.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 13 p.41
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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