Palawan peacock-pheasant
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The Palawan peacock-pheasant eats fruit, seeds and insects.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Palawan peacock-pheasant
- Scientific name
- Polyplectron napoleonis
- Japanese name
- パラワンコクジャク
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Genus
- Polyplectron
A member of the pheasant family that lives in the forests of Palawan Island in the Philippines and is found nowhere else.
Males and females look very different. The male has long ornamental feathers on its head and brightly colored plumage, while the female is brown all over.
To court a female, the male spreads its tail feathers, decorated with eyespots, into a fan.
Basic data
- Size
- Total length: males about 50 cm, females about 40 cm
- Diet
- Fruit, seeds, insects, and other food
- Range
- Palawan Island, Philippines
Where the Palawan peacock-pheasant has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- パラワンコクジャク
- 简体中文
- 巴拉旺孔雀
- 繁體中文
- 巴拉旺孔雀
- Español
- Espolonero de Palawan
- Français
- Éperonnier napoléon
- Deutsch
- Napoleonpfaufasan
- Português (Brasil)
- Faisão-pavão-da-palawan
- Italiano
- Speroniere di Palawan
- العربية
- قبيط بالاوان
- Русский
- Наполеонов павлиний фазан
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 上野動物園 — パラワンコクジャクChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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Places that keep or show the Palawan peacock-pheasant
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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