Carl Linnaeus gave the great argus its specific name (from which its common name and genus name are derived) because of the intricate eye-like patterns on its wings, in reference to Argus, a hundred-eyed giant in 展开

The great argus is known in the Malay language as Kuang raya, the "great pheasant" 展开

Diet
It feeds on the forest floor in early morning and evening.
Mating dance 展开

Due to ongoing habitat loss and to being hunted in some areas, the great argus is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. It is … 展开

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.
Unusual among Galliformes, the great argus has no 展开

The great argus is native to the jungles of Borneo, Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula in southeast Asia. 展开

• Fuller, Errol (2000). Extinct Birds (2nd ed.). Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850837-9. 展开