The Malay Peacock-pheasant is a pheasant whose male has a showy crest and eye-like markings on its wings. It lives in damp forests of the Malay Peninsula.
The male has an orange face, a long blue-green crest, and metallic eye-like spots on its wings and tail. The female's crest and markings are less prominent.
The Malayan Peacock-Pheasant lives in Peninsular Malaysian rainforest. Males hold territories and may call from cleared patches on the ground. Females visit males to mate, making small forest-floor patches places of encounter.
A study published in 1994 found that calling males formed clusters whose locations differed between calling periods. Habitat was measured at 197 points across used and unused areas of Peninsular Malaysian forest.
Clusters occurred away from the river in areas with fewer treefalls. Display grounds within clusters were especially stable. The author suggested that vegetation near the ground also helped determine the position of individual display scrapes.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
The Peninsular Malaysian study links display-site distribution with river position, treefalls and low vegetation. Identifying calling sites and their ground-level conditions, alongside forest extent, can inform protection of breeding habitat.