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Bulwer’s Pheasant (Lophura bulweri)

The male Bulwer’s pheasant is both large (about the size of a large chicken) and spectacularly handsome, with splendid blue facial wattles and a long, spreading, curved white tail. Bulwer’s pheasant is only found in tropical hill forests of central and northern Borneo, where it nests and forages on the ground and roosts in trees. It is a poor flier but a fast and nimble runner, using a combination of darting runs and flurried bursts of flight to avoid predators.

During the mating season the male produces a shrill, piercing cry and performs a tail-spreading, wattle-raising dance for interested females. Although widespread in central Borneo it has a low population density and is threatened by illegal hunting and habitat loss.