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Scientific Name: Polyplectron Emphanum
Listed as Endangered in: Philippines
The Palawan Peacock Pheasant lives in coastal lowlands and deep forests. Adults can reach up to nineteen point seven inches in length for males and females reach up to fifteen point seven inches. Their diet consists of grains, nuts, seeds, leaves, fruit, roots, insects, slugs, and worms. Males fight other males for breeding right and the female lays two to five eggs. After eighteen to twenty days the eggs hatch and both males and females care for the young. The chicks stay with their parents for ten weeks. Threats to this species include a declining habitat, hunting, and trading. The species is legally protected and it is estimated that there are less than ten thousand Palawan Peacock Pheasants left.
Listed as Endangered in: Philippines
The Palawan Peacock Pheasant lives in coastal lowlands and deep forests. Adults can reach up to nineteen point seven inches in length for males and females reach up to fifteen point seven inches. Their diet consists of grains, nuts, seeds, leaves, fruit, roots, insects, slugs, and worms. Males fight other males for breeding right and the female lays two to five eggs. After eighteen to twenty days the eggs hatch and both males and females care for the young. The chicks stay with their parents for ten weeks. Threats to this species include a declining habitat, hunting, and trading. The species is legally protected and it is estimated that there are less than ten thousand Palawan Peacock Pheasants left.