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 LC    Grey Peacock-Pheasant* Id (Atlas):
    Polyplectron bicalcaratum

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Grey Peacock-Pheasant, Gray Peacock-Pheasant, Iris Peacock-Pheasant, Chinquis Peacock-Pheasant

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
48.50 - 76 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Laos (B), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
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Grey Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum) [XC891158]
     by Desmond Allen from San Ju, Doi Lang, Fang, Chiangmai, Thailand (song)

 
Grey Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum) [XC168365]
     by Somkiat Pakapinyo from Pang Ta Wai, Pang Sila Thong District, Kamphaeng Phet(Chong-Yen), Thailand (call)

Subspecies
Polyplectron bicalcaratum (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Grey Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum) and Hainan Peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron katsumatae) following Chang et al. (2008) and Collar (2009) on the basis of genetic and morphological differences.

Sometimes considered to form a superspecies with Germain's Peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron germaini).

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

  • bakeri (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  Hills of north-eastern India and Bhutan, from Sikkim east to Manipur, and maybe on into Burma.
  • bailyi Lowe, 1925   -  Unknown; thought to occur in western Assam or eastern Himalayas.
  • bicalcaratum (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  Western and southern Burma east through central-southern China (western Yunnan) to north-western Vietnam and south-east to south-western Thailand (north of Isthmus of Kra).
  • ghigii Delacour and Jabouille, 1924   -  Northern and central Vietnam and central Laos.
  • katsumatae Rothschild, 1906   -  Hainan (southern China). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Hainan Peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron katsumatae).



References
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