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Grey Peacock-Pheasant

Polyplectron bicalcaratum (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The gray peacock-pheasant, also known as Burmese peacock-pheasant, is a large Asian member of the order Galliformes. It is the national bird of Myanmar. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Galliformes
Family:
  Phasianidae
Genus:
   Polyplectron
Scientific:
  Polyplectron bicalcaratum


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.156

Protonym:
  Pavo bicalcaratus

Type locality:
  China, error, restricted type locality, Thoungyah, Burma, Lowe, antea, p. 477.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/175/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  824E5471AC97F6CD

Avibase ID:
  avibase-824E5471

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/824E5471


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176102

Geographic range:

  • Polyplectron bicalcaratum: northeastern India and Bhutan eastward to far southern China, southward to the base of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, central Laos, and central Vietnam
English:
Grey Peacock-Pheasant
Catalan:
Faisà d'esperons gris
Czech:
bažant paví
Danish:
Grå Påfuglefasan
German:
Indochina-Pfaufasan
Spanish:
Espolonero chinquis
Spanish (Spain):
Espolonero Chinquis
Finnish:
harmaatäpläfasaani
French:
Éperonnier chinquis
Croatian:
sivi paunaš
Hungarian:
pávaszemes fácán
Icelandic:
Spegilfasani
Italian:
Speroniere grigio
Japanese (romaji):
kokujaku
Japanese:
コクジャク
Lithuanian:
Pilkasis povinis fazanas
Dutch:
Spiegelpauw
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Filigransfasan
Norwegian:
Filigransfasan
Polish:
wieloszpon szary
Portuguese:
Faisão-pavão-cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal):
faisão-ocelado-cinzento
Russian:
Серый павлиний фазан
Slovak:
okáč činkvis
Serbian:
Sivi paunaš
Swedish:
grå påfågelfasan
Ukrainian:
Віялохвіст сірий
Chinese:
灰孔雀雉
Chinese (Traditional):
灰孔雀雉


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Grey Peacock-Pheasant ( Polyplectron bicalcaratum) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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Oriental Bird Club:
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Polyplectron [bicalcaratum or katsumatae] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Bengali: কাট-হভায , কাঠভয়ূয , কাঠমভৌয , মেটে কাঠমৌর, হভমট কাঠমভৌয
Bengali (transliteration): kāṭa-mōra halk, kāṭhamaura halk, kāṭhamaẏūra, mēṭē kāṭhamaura
Catalan: Faisà d'esperons gris
Montenegrin: sivi paunaš, сиви паунаш
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): сиви паунаш
Czech: bažant pavi, bažant paví
Danish: Grå Påfuglefasan
German: Burma Pfaufasan, Grauer Pfaufasan, GrauerPfaufasan, Indochina-Pfaufasan
English: Burmese Gray peacock pheasant, Burmese grey peacock pheasant, Burmese peacock pheasant, Burmese Peacock-Pheasant, Gray Peacock-Pheasant, Gray Peacock-Pheasant (Gray), Grey Peacock Pheasant, Grey Peacock-Pheasant, Grey peafowl pheasant
English, HBW: Grey Peacock-pheasant
English (IOC): Grey Peacock-Pheasant
English (United States): Gray Peacock-Pheasant
Esperanto: Griza pavofazano
Spanish: Espolonero Chinquis, Espolonero Común
Spanish (Spain): Espolonero Chinquis
Spanish (HBW): Gray Peacock-Pheasant
Estonian: hall-paabufaasan
Finnish: Harmaatäpläfasaani
French: Eperonnier chinquis, Éperonnier chinquis, Éperonnier chinquis (gris)
Croatian: sivi paunaš
Hungarian: pávaszemes fácán
Icelandic: Spegilfasani
Italian: Speroniere chinquis, Speroniere della Birmannia, Speroniere grigio
Japanese (romaji): ko kujaku, kokujaku
Japanese: コクジャク
Japanese (Kanji): 小孔雀
Kazakh: тауыс қырғауылы
Kirghiz: тоос кыргоол
Scientific: Pavo bicalcaratus, Polyplectron bicalcaratum, Polyplectron bicalcaratum [bicalcaratum Group], Polyplectron bicalcaratum bicalcaratum, Polyplectron chinquis
Lithuanian: Pilkasis povinis fazanas
Malay: Burung Kuang Kelabu
Maltese: faġan-pagun griż, pagun faġan griż
Dutch: Grijze, Pauwfazant, Spiegelpauw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Filigransfasan
Norwegian: Filigransfasan
Polish: wieloszpon szary
Pinyin: huī kǒng-què zhì
Portuguese: Faisão-pavão-cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal): faisão-ocelado-cinzento
Russian: Бирманский Павлиний Фазан, Павлиний фазан, Серый павлиний фазан
Slovak: okác cinkvis, okáč činkvis
Slovenian: Pavji, zrcalasti fazan
Serbian: Sivi paunaš, Sivi paun-fazan
Swedish: Grå påfågelfasan
Thai: นกแว่นเหนือ, นกแว่นสีเทา
Thai (Transliteration): nók wâeen nĕua, nók wâeen sĭi-tʰaw
Turkish: Büyük Tavus Sülünü, Gri Tavuskuşu Sülünü
Ukrainian: Віялохвіст сірий
Vietnamese: Gà sao, Gà tiền mặt vàng, Gà tiền vàng mặt
Chinese: 孔雀雉, 灰孔雀雉
Chinese (Traditional): 灰孔雀雉

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