Palawan Peacock-Pheasant
Polyplectron napoleonisLesson, RP, 1831
English (US) Palawan Peacock-Pheasant
The Palawan Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis) 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: humid forest of Palawan (southwestern Philippines)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Polyplectron napoleonis
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Palawan Peacock-Pheasant
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1831
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Polyplectrum napoleonis
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1831
- Original description
- Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux add. p.650
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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