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Birdsong field guide

Malayan Crestless Fireback

Lophura erythrophthalma

A shy, medium-sized forest pheasant notable for its lack of an ornamental crest and its vibrant orange-red lower back.

What it sounds like

Low, guttural croaks and clucks, often accompanied by loud, rapid wing-whirring displays.

Reference call, compare with what you heard

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Field notes

Males feature purplish-black plumage with fine grey vermiculations and a fiery-orange rump.
Unlike most other members of the genus Lophura, both sexes entirely lack head crests.
The species possesses prominent red facial caruncles that expand and intensify in color during courtship.
They are primarily terrestrial foragers, scratching through leaf litter for fruits, seeds, and invertebrates.
Currently listed as Vulnerable due to high rates of habitat loss in its preferred lowland forest environment.

Habitat

Primary and secondary lowland dipterocarp forests and peat swamp forests.

Range

Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.

Similar & commonly confused birds

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

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