Polyplectron chalcurum
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The bronze-tailed peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron chalcurum) is also known as the Sumatran peacock-pheasant. It is an Indonesian bird. The bronze-tailed peacock-pheasant is a small, up to 56 cm long, dark brown pheasant with dark grey legs, rather small head and long, narrow tail of sixteen feathers. The tail feathers are chestnut brown with metallic purplish bars near tips. Both sexes are similar. The male has longer tail, two spurs on legs and yellow iris while the unspurred female's is dark brown.
The bronze-tailed peacock-pheasant belongs to the family Phasianidae and the genus Polyplectron, which consists of seven peacock-pheasant species. mtDNA cytochrome b and D-loop as well as the nuclear ovomucoid intron G data confirms that this species belongs to a clade together with the mountain peacock-pheasant, but also the mainland species Germain's peacock-pheasant and grey peacock-pheasant... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prague Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 2 | Avifauna | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Rákosův pavilon | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 4 | Velemlokárium | 🇨🇿 Czechia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant sighting in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, based on 227 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 22nd most-seen of the 203 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, against about 20% in April, the lowest month. January has too few records to rate.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Kerinci Seblat National Park, in our data
Kerinci Seblat National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Phasianidae
The closest relatives of the Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant that you can see in Kerinci Seblat National Park (family Phasianidae, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) are Red-bellied Hill Partridge (about 30%) and Salvadori's Pheasant (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant is recorded against all the birds logged in Kerinci Seblat National Park (227 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
