argus pheasant

British  

noun

1. either of two pheasants, Argusianus argus (great argus) or Rheinardia ocellata (crested argus), occurring in SE Asia and Indonesia. The males have very long tails marked with eyelike spots

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Darwin was acutely aware of this and admired the modelling of the ocelli on the argus pheasant tail feathers as "more like a work of art than of nature".

From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2012

The calls of argus pheasant and wah-wah next morning sounded familiar.

From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl

Much more unusual was the call of some lonely argus pheasant or a crow.

From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl

The long, full “coo-ee” of the stealthy argus pheasant sounded at intervals in distant parts of the forest.

From Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines by Wildman, Rounsevelle

There was an extensive aviary in the grounds, with beautiful specimens of the argus pheasant, lyre-bird, parrots of many species, and doves with strangely gaudy plumage, as though they had barely escaped being parrots.

From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Ballou, Maturin Murray