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Florida > popular all-time > Crested Wood Partridge (Rollulus rouloul) (September 3, 2006)

The Crested Wood Partridge is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. This small partridge is a resident breeder in lowland rainforests in south Myanmar, south Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.

The Crested Wood Partridge is a rotund short-tailed bird with the male marginally larger than the female. Both sexes have a scarlet patch of bare skin around the eye and red legs without a spur or hind toe.

The male is metallic green above with glossy dark blue underparts and a brownish wing panel. The head is adorned with a tall red crest, a white forehead spot and black frontal bristles. The female has pea green body plumage apart from the brown wing coverts. She has a slate grey head with the bristles but no spot or crest. The bill is all-dark. Young birds are duller versions of the adult of the same sex. The song is a mournful whistled si-ul.

There is some concern about the effect of habitat destruction on this bird, especially with regard to logging. However, it seems to be somewhat more adaptable than other Southeast Asian pheasants. Ongoing habitat loss is impacting the Crested Wood Partridge.

Status: Near Threatened

Status information found at The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Florida > popular all-time > Luzon Bleeding-heart Dove (Gallicolumba luzonica) (September 3, 2006)

The Luzon Bleeding-heart is endemic to Luzon, Philippines. It gets this name from a splash of vivid red colour at the centre of their white breasts. The Luzon Bleeding-heart is the species in which this feature is most pronounced, and on first sight it is hard to believe that the bird has not recently been wounded. Otherwise, they are grey above and paler buff below.

Status: Near Threatened

Status information found at The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Florida > popular all-time > Green Peahen (Pavo muticus) (September 3, 2006)

Unlike the India Blue, the hen of this species is similar to the male. She lacks the brilliant sheen and gloss of the male but does have the scaling of the feathers. Her tail is also fairly long. Some hens may develop spurs.

Florida > popular all-time > Yellow-faced Myna (Mino dumontii) (September 3, 2006)

Florida > popular all-time > Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) [female] (September 3, 2006)

Florida > popular all-time > Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) (September 3, 2006)

Florida > popular all-time > Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) (September 3, 2006)

The tiger once ranged widely across Asia, from Turkey in the west to the eastern coast of Russia (Nowell and Jackson, 1996). Over the past 100 years tigers have disappeared from southwest and central Asia, from two Indonesian islands (Java and Bali) and from large areas of Southeast and Eastern Asia. Tigers have lost 93% of their historic range (Sanderson et al., 2006).

Tigers are currently found in twelve Asian range states: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Viet Nam. They may still persist in North Korea, although there has been no recent confirmed evidence.

It is the largest living member of the cat family and no two animals are the same; each Bengal Tiger has its own pattern of stripes. Around the year 1900, there were as many as 50,000 Bengal Tigers in India. But by the year 1972, there were only about 1,800 Bengal tigers left. Through an attempt to conserve the existence of the tiger, there are currently about 4,000 tigers remaining.

Status: Endangered

Location and status information found at The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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Green Peahen (Pavo muticus) (September 3, 2006)

Unlike the India Blue, the hen of this species is similar to the male. She lacks the brilliant sheen and gloss of the male but does have the scaling of the feathers. Her tail is also fairly long. Some hens may develop spurs.