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The Malayan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron malacense) is a bird found in Malaysia. Found in Malaysia. It eats fruit, insects and other small invertebrates and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Malayan peacock-pheasant lives

Found in Malaysia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🍎 Fruit40%
• 🐛 Insects & bugs30%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants30%

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

Conservation status

Hear the Malayan peacock-pheasant

Recorded by Romuald Mikusek (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC612238. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Malayan peacock-pheasant

Where does the Malayan peacock-pheasant live?

The Malayan peacock-pheasant lives in Malaysia. Found in Malaysia.

What does the Malayan peacock-pheasant eat?

fruit (about 40%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 30%), leaves and other plant parts (about 30%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Malayan peacock-pheasant endangered?

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

More birds from Asia

• Javan blue-banded kingfisher
• Sulu hornbill
• Forest owlet
• Baer's pochard
• Red-vented cockatoo
• Salmon-crested cockatoo

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