Alovot

Mystery BIRD of Southeast Asia.
Etymology: Possibly Simeulue (Austronesian), from ovot (“old forest”).
Physical description: Pheasant the size of a chicken. Dark-brown plumage with lighter spots. Small, comblike crest (perhaps only in one sex). Short legs. 
Behavior: Nocturnal. Shy and cautious. Feeds on rice. Nests on stumps or logs. Egg is light brown and smaller than a hen’s. 
Habitat: Dense forest. Takes wing with a heavy, low flight when surprised. 
Distribution: Simeulue Island, Sumatra, Indonesia. 
Possible explanations: 
(1) An unknown species of Peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron sp.), suggested by Karl Shuker. The description resembles the Mountain peacock-pheasant (P. inopinatus), which lives in undisturbed mountain forests of Malaysia. 
(2) An unknown species of Gallopheasant (Lophura sp.). The description resembles a female Crested fireback (L. ignita), once common in Sumatra and Borneo. Females are brown with white-striped underparts. 
Sources: Edward Jacobson, “The Alovot, a Bird Probably Living in the Island of Simalur (Sumatra),” Temminickia 2 (1937): 159–160; Karl Shuker, “Gallinaceous Mystery Birds,” World Pheasant Association News, no. 32 (May 1991): 3–6.
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