Polyplectron germaini

Polyplectron germaini is a medium sized pheasant. Endemic to Indochina Peninsula. The pheasant was named after the French colonial surgeon Louis Rodolphe Germain. According to mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA tests, it was confirmed that the eye spotted peacock pheasant belonged to the same clade as the gray peacock pheasant, the copper tailed peacock pheasant and the Rhododendron pheasant. Biogeography, however, suggests that they are the oldest substrata of the clade, and that they are subject to local or marginal speciation in cochin China.

The Pheasant mainly feeds on insects, worms, plant stems, leaves, fruits and seeds. Mainly on the ground to eat, use the mouth to peck, occasionally with the feet to find. The female lays two eggs at a time, which are milky white.

Due to continued habitat loss and limited distribution, the eye spotted peacock pheasant is listed as near threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and protected under Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

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

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 II.

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The Pheasant is endemic to Indochina Peninsula and lives in semi-evergreen arid forests in southern Vietnam and eastern Cambodia.

Polyplectron germaini is a medium sized pheasant. They are about 60 cm long, dark brown with pale yellow spots, short crown, no feathers on the face and red, brown pupils, and large purple-blue eye spots on the upper body and half of the tail feathers. Male and female birds are similar. The male has 20 tail feathers, while the female has 18 and is smaller.