The female bamboo chicken calls. Catching bamboo chickens in winter plays the call of female bamboo chickens to attract male bamboo chickens to find a mate and catch them. Bamboo chicken is also called "slippery mud", "bamboo partridge" or "flat pot". It belongs to the order galliformes, pheasant family. The bird's feathers are gorgeous. It is a unique ornamental bird in China and a common species in the south. Male birds are aggressive by nature and are often domesticated as fighting birds for viewing.