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Notice the nice cast iron fireback with pineapple motif visible inside the firebox. That thing weighs 50 pounds.
Siamese Fireback Lophura diardi, adult male & two females foraging, Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, February
Siamese Fire backed Pheasanr, Tan Phu Forest,Vietnam The Siamese fireback (Lophura diardi), also known as Diard's fireback, is a fairly large, approximately 80 cm (31 in) long, pheasant. The male has a grey plumage with an extensive facial caruncle, crimson legs and feet, ornamental black crest feathers, reddish brown iris and long curved blackish tail. The female is a brown bird with blackish wings and tail feathers
The Siamese fireback is distributed to the lowland and evergreen forests of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam in Southeast Asia. This species is also designated as Thailand's national bird. The female usually lays between four and eight rosy eggs.
"Please be careful", Razis Nasri warned me as he was suddenly moving between myself and the rope on the slippery trail towards the giant pitta's place. I looked ahead to check the treacherous portion I was supposed to be protected from and not seeing anything dramatically dangerous my confusion grew as without the rope rail the probability of me ending up in the mud face down smashing my camera was rather high. I turned to Razis when my eyes met the most beautiful, colorful Bornean Crested Fireback (Lophura ignita) male walking alongside me a meter or so away. I reached for my camera, while Razis reached for his tripod, blocking my view entirely and whispered, "hurry up the trail" - do not look back. I did though just a second and meeting the menacing look of the firecrest persuaded me that this is no joke. Later, Razis explained he has a hole in his thigh from this beauty. Fortunately the hide was close, so I rushed inside, took my place and with a mistaken sense of safety I started checking the surroundings for new lifers.... just to be warned immediately by fellow birders to keep my eyes, face, camera hood, legs far from the mesh wall, as the border patrol is known to move fast and furious. Going to the toilet for the rest of the day was not an option, not that I would have considered it, since the giant pitta started calling, followed by the black-crowned pitta, Sabah partridges, four more firebacks, a banded broadbill, three lifer babblers and bulbuls ..... while the attacker kept a close devilish eye on any movement coming from the hide. Uncropped image. Kinabatnagan hide. May 2025