What is a palawan peacock pheasent?

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The Palawan Peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron napoleonis, also known as the Napoleon Peacock-pheasant, is a medium-sized (up to 50 cm long) bird in the family Phasianidae. It was long known as Polyplectron emphanum (Dickinson 2001). The male is the handsomest and most peacock-like member of the genus Polyplectron. It has an erectile crest, a white stripe over the eyes and highly iridescent metallic green and black plumage. The tail feathers are decorated with large blue-green ocelli, which may be spread fanlike in courtship displays. The female is smaller than the male. It has a dark brown plumage with a short crest and is whitish on the throat, cheeks and eyebrows. Endemic to the Philippines, the Palawan Peacock-pheasant is found in the humid forests of Palawan Island in the southern part of the Philippine archipelago. The female usually lays up to two eggs. The Palawan Peacock-pheasant, with its unique male plumage and distant range, represents a basal (Early? Pliocene, c.5-4 mya[2]) offshoot of the genus Polyplectron (Kimball et al. 2001). Due to ongoing habitat loss, small population size and limited range as well as hunting and capture for trade, the Palawan Peacock-pheasant is classified as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix I of CITESIt is considered to be the most beautiful of the peacock species. The male has a long metallic blue crest with white lines above and below the eye. The rest of the head, under parts, and flight feathers are black. The mantle and wing coverts are metallic blue with purple reflections. Its back, rump, and tail are black with rusty brown spots. The upper tail coverts and broad tail feathers have metallic ocelli bordered by black and gray. The male also has two to three spurs on each leg. The female is smaller, with no spurs. She has a crest that is brown and isn't as visible as the male. The face and throat is whitish and the tail feathers has large purple ocelli. The bills are black and the feet are brown in both sexes. The male is attractively colored to attract a female.