Kalij pheasant / Kalifasan (Lophura leucomelanos)

Wikipedia: Kalij pheasant Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Kalij_pheasant_Prasanna_Mamidala.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Lophura (Lophura); Subfamily Phasianinae (Phasianinae); Family Turkeys (Phasianidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: North America, Asia.
General: The kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos) is a pheasant found in forests and thickets, especially in the Himalayan foothills, from Pakistan to western Thailand. Males are rather variable depending on the subspecies involved, but all have an at least partially glossy bluish-black plumage, while females are overall brownish. Both sexes have a bare red face and greyish legs (the latter separating it from the red-legged silver pheasant).^[2] It is generally common and widespread, though three of its eastern subspecies (L. l. oatesi, L. l. lineata, and L. l. crawfurdi) are considered threatened and L. l. moffitti is virtually unknown in the wild.^[2] [more]