Video by Mattias A. Klum @mattiasklumofficial | After a lot of hard trekking and work in the beautiful rainforest of Danum Valley, I finally managed to sneak up on this male argus pheasant. The great argus is native to the rainforest of Borneo, Sumatra, and the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia. This spectacular pheasant is suffering from the twin threats of habitat loss and hunting throughout its extensive range. It is undergoing rapid population reduction and is consequently classified as near threatened by IUCN.
This was filmed in Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo for my documentary “The Testament of Tebaran.” Please go to @mattiasklumofficial to see more films and images from projects around the world. #argus #damadama #protect #borneo #malaysia
The great argus is a brown-plumaged pheasant with a blue head and neck, rufous red upper breast, black hair-like feathers on the crown and nape, and red legs. The male is one of the largest of all pheasants, measuring 160–200 cm (63–79 in) in total length, including a tail of 105–143 cm (41–56 in), and weighing 2.04–2.72 kg (4.5–6.0 lb).[7] Males have very long tail feathers and huge, broad and greatly elongated secondary wing feathers decorated with large eyespots. Young males develop their adult plumage in their third year.[8] Females are smaller and duller than males, with shorter tails and fewer eyespots. They measure 72–76 cm (28–30 in) in total length, including a tail of 30–36 cm (12–14 in), and weighs 1.59–1.7 kg (3.5–3.7 lb
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