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Crested Fireback
Also known as Lophura ignita
species of bird
Species
Vulnerablevia IUCN
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- Illustration from The Naturalist’s Miscellany by George Shaw, digitally enhanced by rawpixel-com 214.jpg
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- taxon name
- Lophura ignita
- Commons category
- Lophura ignita
- taxon common name
- plavolici fazan
- litter size
- 5.7
- short name
- L. ignita
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The Bornean crested fireback, Lophura ignita, is a large, sexually dimorphic, and distinctly-coloured pheasant of the family Galliformes endemic to the rainforests of Borneo and the surrounding islands. It is a non-migrating omnivorous species, often seen in groups of 5–6 in the rainforest lowlands. As of 2020 they were classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN due to population decline from habitat loss and deforestation, hunting, and trapping for the cage bird trade.
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