Craxalberti

The blue-billed pheasant is a very large pheasant with a body length of 70-100 cm. Its appearance is very beautiful. Although it looks like a chicken in general, it is somewhat the shadow of a phoenix. Although most of its feathers are blue-black, it is not as gorgeous as the white-necked pheasant, but its posture is extremely elegant, and it has a very gorgeous crest on the top and back of its neck. The shell of its beak is light blue, with dark blue nodules at the base of the beak, and its tail is relatively long, looking like a peahen, with white markings at the end of the tail and a white patch on the underbelly.

It is distributed in eastern and southern Colombia, bounded by the Magdalena River. They inhabit lowland wet forests in subtropical or tropical areas.

The blue-billed pheasant (Crax alberti) is a species of pheasant endemic to Colombia.

Blue-billed crested pheasants like to eat seeds, fruits and fruits of various plants, and occasionally eat insects and small vertebrates such as lizards.

The male bird of the blue-billed crested pheasant is the leader of the group, and they usually take the family together for activities and foraging, but in addition to foraging, it is also responsible for the safety of the family, once in danger, it will immediately emit bursts of whine, just like the whistle of a ship. Once family members receive the signal, they will quickly run away or go up the tree for protection.

Listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) in 2016 ver 3.1 - critically Endangered (CR).

Listed in Appendices I, II and III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) 2019 edition Appendix III.

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