Germain's Peacock-Pheasant is a pheasant of forests in southern Vietnam and eastern Cambodia. Males have blue-green ocelli on their plumage and forage on the forest floor.
The male has blue-green ocelli on dark brown plumage and dark red bare facial skin. The female is smaller.
Germain’s Peacock-Pheasants inhabit forests in southern Vietnam and eastern Cambodia. Males have blue-green eyespots on dark plumage and red facial skin. Habitats include evergreen and semi-evergreen forests and bamboo thickets, from lowlands into mountains.
A 1971 paper reports observations made between January and June 1969 at California zoos and a private collection. Researchers offered food while studying courtship among gallinaceous birds. In two captive pairs of Germain’s Peacock-Pheasants, males held a morsel until the female took it from the bill.
In these captive observations, courtship was vigorous by mid-January. With eggs removed, laying continued into May, when male displays became infrequent. Passing a small morsel formed part of courtship alongside the display of patterned feathers.
IUCN Red List · Vulnerable · Global
The 2023 IUCN global assessment lists Germain’s Peacock-Pheasant as Vulnerable with a decreasing trend. Conversion of lowland forests to agriculture and hunting, particularly snaring, are threats. Recommended actions include protecting suitable forest, strengthening enforcement against shooting and snaring, and surveying populations in smaller forest fragments.