Bulwer’s pheasant  (Lophura bulweri)

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Glossary

  • Endemic: a species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
  • Mast: heavy fruiting, especially of beech but also of oak and other forest trees, the fruit/nuts especially being used as food for pigs.
  • Monogamous: mating with a single partner.
  • Montane forest: forest occurring in the montane zone, a zone of cool upland slopes below the tree line dominated by large evergreen trees.
  • Primary forest: forest that has remained undisturbed for a long time and has reached a mature condition.
  • Vermiculations: wormlike; often used to describe fine, wavy lines of colour on bird feathers.
  • Wattle: bare fleshy skin that hangs from the bill, throat or eye of birds.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (May, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Delacour, J. (1951) The Pheasants of the World.Country Life Ltd., London.
  3. gbwf.org: Dedicated to the Aviculture and Conservation of the World’s Galliformes (August, 2006)
    http://www.gbwf.org/pheasants/bulwers.html
  4. del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (1994) Handbook of the Birds of the World - New World Vultures To Guineafowl. Vol. 2.Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
  5. BirdLife International (August, 2006)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=261&m=0
  6. Forest Department of Sarawak (August, 2006)
    http://www.forestry.sarawak.gov.my/forweb/wildlife/mgmt/tpa/bulphea.htm
  7. BirdLife International. (2001) Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book.BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
  8. Pulse of the Planet: Bulwer's Pheasant: King of the Birds (August, 2006)
    http://www.pulseplanet.com/archive/Jan03/2835.html
  9. National Geographic News: Vanishing Borneo Pheasants Look Great but Won't Mate (August, 2006)
    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/04/0406_050406_borneo_2.html
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