#Bornean crested fireback

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The ladies are a duller brown, but still have cool feather lacing and the bare blue eye ring:

Female Bornean crested fireback (Lophura ignita) in captivity at the Jerusalem Biblical zoo. Photo by SuperJew, 2013.

Female Malayan crested fireback (Lophura rufa) in Pahang, Malaysia. Photo by Jon Lowes, 2013.

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The crested fireback has been split into the Bornean crested fireback L. ignita (top photo), and the Malayan crested fireback L. rufa (bottom photo).

Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae Subfamily: Phasianinae

Photo credit: Charmain Ang / Prof.Dr. Ahmet Karatash

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Bornean Crested Fireback (Lophura ignita), male and female, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, Sabah, Borneo

photograph by Yung Niem

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©photography by Walter Jenkel 2023 🎩🎻 Bornean crested fireback (Lophura ignita ignita) 鳳冠火背鷴 WALTERJENKEL @WalterJenkel

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Bornean Crested Fireback photograph by Henrick Tan

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SILVER PHEASANT Lophura nycthemera ©ZW Young

Large and spectacular pheasant found in forested areas. Variable across its large range, but the long-tailed male has either white or silvery-gray upperparts with a black crest, breast, and belly. Northern males are whiter above than their southern counterparts, though they still have some light black markings on the wings and back. Females are brownish overall with a much shorter tail. Both sexes have bright red face and legs.

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BORNEAN FIREBACK PHEASANT Lophura ignita ©Laura Quick The Bornean crested fireback is a medium-sized, up to 70 cm long, forest pheasant with a peacock-like dark crest, bluish black plumage, reddish brown rump, black outer tail feathers, red iris and bare blue facial skin. The female is a brown bird with short crest, blue facial skin and spotted black-and-white below. The crested fireback is found in lowland forests of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra. Their diet consists mainly of plants, fruits and small animals. The female usually lays between four and eight creamy white eggs. Due to ongoing habitat loss and overhunting in some areas, the crested fireback is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. #borneanfireback #pheasant #lophuraignita #©lauraquick #bird #animal #southeastasia #omnivore #habitatloss #overhunting #nearthreatened #galliformes #phasianidae #aves #losangeleszoo #lazoo #glaza #colorful #losangeleszooandbotanicalgardens https://www.instagram.com/p/B8oyUfnHLCM/?igshid=93r7ry9p006

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Bornean Crested Fireback (Lophura ignita), male, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, Sabah, Borneo

photograph by Henrick Tan

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Bornean Crested Fireback (Lophura ignita), male, family Phasianidae, Sabah, Borneo

photograph by Priya Solcaptures

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JAFFA The Pheasant Saga Indian Ringneck x Golden Pheasant Hybrid ©Laura Quick

Okay, so some guy named “Robbie” came by our house on Friday. It was in the afternoon so we were out giving snacks to the flock. He admired the peafowl lounging around in the trees, then offered us a pair of pheasants as he was moving and needed a home for them. I had mixed feeling about taking on a new species, but my farm hand, not so much, he jumped at the opportunity. We’ve had quail of all sorts, small parrots, and currently run chickens mostly but also, turkeys and a feral flock of India Blue peafowl on our property.

We’ve never had pheasants, until now.

Robbie regaled us with stories about his birds, then came back 10 minutes later and dropped a box off at our front door. Bang, we're suddenly pheasant owners. Robbie left  a little weepy and we felt bad. To be honest, I love pheasants, I think that they’re they're some of the most beautiful birds in nature, but I don’t know anything about giving them a good life and at this point, I didn’t even know what these looked like.

I set up a pen, put the box in a dark room and fished them out one at a time. First a female emerged, she’s a mottled brown, and then the red/rust male. I think he’s beautiful, but I couldn’t find a bird species online that he resembled.

So, I joined a FB group of Pheasant breeders to find out what breed I'd been gifted. Wow! The top comments I got were “Jaffa” (an infertile cross breed). “Hideous hybrid.” “Eat them.” “Only good for taxidermy.” “Better off dead than alive.” “They aren’t alive, right?” I was a little taken aback by these responses to be honest. Someone offered $200 to buy him for taxidermy purposes. I understand people who want to preserve species, I do get it, but wow. This was a whole ‘nother level of I’m not sure what exactly, contempt?

I gave it 24 hours to play out then I re-posted to the group asking how we can give them a good life? That elicited more measured and accommodating responses. I got the information I needed to move forward in setting these guys up with a forever home.

It’s a little weird for me to own caged birds again, as all the animals living here, except the pheasants, will free-range during the day and retire to pens only for laying or at night. These guys will need a pen built for them which will be their home until they pass away.

I remembered I still have the bones of an old greenhouse someone gave me years ago, and am planning for a cross between a greenhouse for me and a pen for them, that I think will work for both purposes. Fingers crossed.

So for now, the hideous hybrids, which we’ve taken to calling Mr. and Mrs. Jaffa are residing in our kitchen. They make weird noises and we’re discovering what those noises indicate. He’s more curious and unafraid, while she’s skittish and retiring. She may lay eggs which I’m told are infertile. Both have clipped beaks which I hate, We will not continue that trend. We’re still checking each other out, which is okay. I’m giving them an assortment of new foods to see what they like. They’re under quarantine for now and won’t be in their own pen for probably a month or so, just in case we have time to hang out together and get to know one another.

Several people from the Pheasant group have reached out privately with great information for me which has been a huge help. The internet is a wonderful thing. Years ago, I’d have taken the birds and been in the dark on how to care for them, now that information is readily available.

We can do this. Fingers crossed. I’ll let you know how it goes.

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Bulwer’s Pheasant

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BORNEAN FIREBACK PHEASANT Lophura ignita ©Laura Quick

The Bornean crested fireback is a medium-sized, up to 70 cm long, forest pheasant with a peacock-like dark crest, bluish black plumage, reddish brown rump, black outer tail feathers, red iris and bare blue facial skin. The female is a brown bird with short crest, blue facial skin and spotted black-and-white below.

The crested fireback is found in lowland forests of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra. Their diet consists mainly of plants, fruits and small animals. The female usually lays between four and eight creamy white eggs.

Due to ongoing habitat loss and over hunting in some areas, the crested fireback is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. source

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BORNEAN CRESTED FIREBACK (Lophura ignita) ©Hamerton Park Zoo

This bird looks SO MUCH like a Japanese samuri to me — hair and all — that it made me laugh and I had to share it.

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The Crested Fireback is a medium-sized, forest pheasant with a peacock-like dark crest, bluish black plumage, reddish brown rump, black outer tail feathers, red iris and bare blue facial skin. The female is a brown bird with short crest, blue facial skin and spotted black-and-white below. The Crested Fireback is found in lowland forests of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra. 

The diet consists mainly of plants, fruits and small animals. The female usually lays between four to eight creamy white eggs.

Due to ongoing habitat loss and overhunting in some areas, the Crested Fireback is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix III of CITES in Malaysia.

Fact Source: http://www.hamertonzoopark.com/meet-the-animals/birds_p_to_z/

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