Malayan Crestless Fireback

When to see the Malayan Crestless Fireback

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Malayan Crestless Fireback

The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Brunei.

About the Malayan Crestless Fireback

The Malayan crestless fireback or Malay crestless fireback is a member of the family Phasianidae. It was previously known as the crestless fireback when it was lumped together with the Bornean crestless fireback. The two species were separated into two monotypic species based on obvious plumage differences, most notably the virtually unmarked dark plumage of the male.

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Easily confused with

Salvadori's PheasantLophura inornataThe male and female Salvadori's pheasant are quite unlike each other in appearance, and in fact the male bird is very similar to the female crestless fireback (Lophura erythrophthalma). Bornean Crestless FirebackLophura pyronotaThe Bornean crestless fireback is a member of the Phasianidae. Malayan Crested FirebackLophura rufaIt is a medium-sized, up to 70 cm long pheasant with a peacock-like dark crest, bluish black plumage, reddish brown rump, black outer tail feathers, red iris and bare blue facial skin.