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Birdsong field guide

Bulwer's Pheasant

Lophura bulweri

A spectacular, sexually dimorphic pheasant endemic to Borneo, the male is renowned for its massive, arching white tail and inflatable blue facial wattles.

What it sounds like

A series of shrill, metallic whistles or piercing 'ke-ke-ke' shrieks, most often heard during the breeding season.

Reference call, compare with what you heard

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Rec. Lim Ying Hien · MalaysiaCC BY-NC-ND Xeno-canto

Field notes

The male possesses between 24 and 32 tail feathers, the highest count of any bird in the order Galliformes.
During courtship, the male inflates its bright blue facial wattles until they extend several centimeters and may touch the ground.
It is the only pheasant species known to perform a complex display where the tail is curved forward into a circular fan over the back.
The species is highly nomadic, often following the mass fruiting cycles of dipterocarp trees across the rainforest floor.
Classified as Vulnerable, it is threatened by rapid habitat loss due to commercial logging and forest fires in its restricted range.

Habitat

Primary submontane and hill evergreen forests, typically at elevations between 300 and 1,500 meters.

Range

Endemic to the island of Borneo (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei).

Similar & commonly confused birds

Bornean Crested FirebackLophura ignita Bornean Crestless FirebackLophura pyronota Edwards's PheasantLophura edwardsi Kalij PheasantLophura leucomelanos Malayan Crested FirebackLophura rufa Malayan Crestless FirebackLophura erythrophthalma Salvadori's PheasantLophura inornata Siamese FirebackLophura diardi

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