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Malayan peacock-pheasant
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Malayan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron malacense)[3] 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.[4]
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Malayan peacock-pheasant | |
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Adult male displaying(Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Genus: | Polyplectron |
Species: | P. malacense |
Binomial name | |
Polyplectron malacense (Scopoli, 1786) | |
Synonyms | |
Pavo malacensis Scopoli, 1786 |
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