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ForestScrapeLarge · 450 g
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The bird is a medium-sized, approximately 60 centimetres (24 in) long, brownish dark pheasant with finely spotted buff, short crest, bare red facial skin, brown iris and purplish-blue ocelli on upperbody plumage and half of its tail of twenty feathers. Both sexes are similar. The female has eighteen tail feathers and is smaller than the male.
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When to see the Germain's Peacock-Pheasant
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Germain's Peacock-Pheasant
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Germain's Peacock-Pheasant
The Germain's peacock-pheasant is a pheasant in the family Phasianidae endemic to Indochina. The name commemorates the French colonial army's veterinary surgeon Louis Rodolphe Germain.
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Easily confused with
Mountain Peacock-PheasantPolyplectron inopinatumThe mountain peacock-pheasant, also known as Rothschild's peacock-pheasant or mirror pheasant, is a medium-sized, up to 65 cm long, blackish brown pheasant.
Malayan Peacock-PheasantPolyplectron malacenseIt is one of the shortest-tailed peacock-pheasants.
Palawan Peacock-PheasantPolyplectron napoleonisThe adult male is the most peacock-like member of the genus Polyplectron in appearance.
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