The Bornean crested fireback ( Lophura ignita ) is a galliform bird species of the family Phasianidae that inhabits the forests of Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo.
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Galliformes |
| Family | Phasianidae |
| Genus | Lophura |
| Species | Lophura ignita |
The Bornean crested fireback (Lophura ignita) is a galliform bird species of the family Phasianidae that inhabits the forests of Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo.
The male stands out for its dark plumage with metallic sheens, its upright creamy-white tail and its bare red face, while the female has a much more discreet reddish-brown plumage.
It lives in the understorey of the lowland tropical rainforests of South-East Asia, including Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, where it moves alone or in small groups, foraging among the leaf litter of the forest floor.
It is a generalist omnivore: it feeds on fallen fruit, small arthropods, tender leaves and land molluscs that it finds by scratching through the forest leaf litter.
The female lays 4 to 8 greyish or cream-coloured eggs in a nest on the ground. Incubation is carried out by the female alone and lasts approximately 22 to 25 days; during the breeding season, males perform a characteristic sound display by beating their wings.
Together with Vieillot's crested fireback (Lophura rufa), it belongs to the group known as the «firebacks», so called because of the intense coppery or golden sheen they show on the lower back.
