Vietnamese Crested Argus

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When to see the Vietnamese Crested Argus

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Vietnamese Crested Argus

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Vietnamese Crested Argus

The Vietnamese crested argus is a large and spectacular peafowl-like species of bird in the pheasant family with dark-brown-spotted black and buff plumage, a heavy pink bill, brown irises and blue skin around the eyes. The head has two crests; the hind crest, which extends down the occiput, is erected when alarmed and during intentional behaviors including pair bonding and courtship displays. The male has a broad and greatly elongated tail of twelve feathers. The tail covert of the male is the longest of any bird and is believed to contain the longest feathers to occur in a wild bird; the Reeves's pheasant has tail feathers of similar length but which are considerably narrower.

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Easily confused with

Malayan Crested ArgusRheinardia nigrescensThe female is similar in size, with a prominent marbled barring and more colourful dorsal plumage than the male.