Malayan peacock-pheasant
| Malayan peacock-pheasant | |
|---|---|
| Adult male at Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens | |
| Adult female at Kuala Lumpur Bird Park | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Polyplectron |
| Species: | P. malacense |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyplectron malacense (Scopoli, 1786) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pavo malacensis Scopoli, 1786 | |
The Malayan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron malacense) also known as crested peacock-pheasant or Malaysian peacock-pheasant, is a medium-sized pheasant of the galliform family Phasianidae. The closely related Bornean peacock-pheasant (P. schleiermacheri) was formerly included here as a subspecies, but as understood today, P. malacense is monotypic.