Rheinardia ocellata

The Crested Argus (Rheinardia ocellata) has two subspecies.

The pheasant eats mainly berries, seeds, insects, leaves, fruits, and sometimes amphibians.

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

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It is found in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia and Vietnam.
In Laos and Vietnam, the habitat is 1,500 meters above sea level, and the Da Lat Plateau is 1700-1900 meters high. Although recorded in degraded logging forest habitats, the highest densities occur in lowlands as low as 900 m. In Malaysia, the species inhabits mountain forests, generally 800-1100 above sea level.

The male is 74-239 cm long (including tail length), and the female 90 cm. It's a pheasant with a long tail. It has blackish brown feathers with white spots. The Malay subspecies (R. o. nigrescens) has yellow eyebrows and a drooping throat, dark brown plumage, and a white crest. The named subspecies (R. o. ocellata) has a short crest, mostly brown-topped, white eyebrows and throat, chestnut brown foreneck, numerous small spots marked dark chestnut upper body feathers, and a gray tail. The female is small, with a short tail, lighter brown with black and yellow stripes and spots, and somewhat pale underbody. The male has a pink beak, brown pupils and a blue face without feathers. The head has upright crown feathers. The male has 12 tail feathers, up to 2 meters long and up to 20 centimeters wide. The female is similar in appearance, with a shorter crown and tail feathers.