Local Name: Tandikan

Class: Aves

Status: Endangered

Range: Confined to the Island of Palawan

Only the males bear the iridiscent blue-green and black plumage, which they flaunt in elaborate courtship displays to the females, which has quite a drab plumage. However, this drabness helps to conceal them while they are incubating their eggs and while they are brooding their young.

The Palawan Peacock Pheasant is endangered because of hunting and habitat loss.