Bornean Peacock-Pheasant

Polyplectron schleiermacheri

The Bornean Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron schleiermacheri) is a bird found in Malaysia and Indonesia. Found in Malaysia and Indonesia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fruit and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Polyplectron schleiermacheri
Region	Asia
Found in	Malaysia and Indonesia

🏡 Where the Bornean Peacock-Pheasant lives

Found in Malaysia and Indonesia.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs50%
🍎 Fruit40%
🌿 Leaves & plants10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It weighs about 417 grams. It mostly eats insects and other small creatures and fruit.

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Recorded by Kim Chuah Lim (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC792983. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Bornean Peacock-Pheasant

Where does the Bornean Peacock-Pheasant live?

The Bornean Peacock-Pheasant lives in Malaysia and Indonesia. Found in Malaysia and Indonesia.

What does the Bornean Peacock-Pheasant eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 50%), fruit (about 40%), leaves and other plant parts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Bornean Peacock-Pheasant endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.