TS.Dancing Splendor in the Heart of Lowland Forests: Discovering the Enchanted Beauty of Germain’s Peacock-Pheasant.TS
Germain’s peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron germaini) is a pheasant that is endemic to Indochina. The name commemorates the French colonial army’s veterinary surgeon Louis Rodolphe Germain.
The bird is a medium-sized, approximately 60 cm long, brownish dark pheasant with finely spotted buff, short crest, bare red facial skin, brown iris and purplish-blue ocelli on upperbody plumage and half of its tail of twenty feathers. Both sexes are similar. The female has eighteen tail feathers and is smaller than male.
The Germain’s peacock-pheasant is endemic to southern Indochina. It is found in the seasonal tropical forests of mid-southern Vietnam and far eastern Cambodia; it can be found readily in Cat Tien National Park. The female usually lays two creamy-white eggs.
This pheasant is fairly well established in aviculture. The breeding season varies depending on region and climate. Birds in Florida and southern states may begin laying as early as February and May in the northern states.This species is ready to breed when they are about 2 years old, but have been known to successfully breed earlier.The Germain’s Peacock Pheasants female lays two creamy white eggs, which she incubates for about 22 to 23 days.
Due to ongoing habitat loss and limited range, the Germain’s peacock-pheasant is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
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