The males all have colorful, iridescent plumage. Their physique is rather plump. Their diet consists of plants such as roots and bulbs and insects. During mating the males are polygamous where they mates with several females. The females in turn only mate with the selected male and enter into a monogamous relationship. Due to habitat destruction and hunting, they have become rare and their population is endangered.[2]
monal, confused, with, software, confused, with, monal, bird, genus, lophophorus, pheasant, family, phasianidae, himalayan, monal, lophophorus, impejanus, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, chordataclade, dinosauriaclass, aveso. Not to be confused with Monal software or Monale Not to be confused with The Monal A monal is a bird of genus Lophophorus of the pheasant family Phasianidae MonalHimalayan monal Lophophorus impejanus Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClade DinosauriaClass AvesOrder GalliformesFamily PhasianidaeTribe LophophoriniGenus LophophorusTemminck 1813Type speciesLophophorus refulgens 1 Phasianus impejanusTemminck 1813SpeciesLophophorus impejanus Lophophorus lhuysii Lophophorus sclateri Contents 1 Description 2 Species 3 References 4 External linksDescription EditThe males all have colorful iridescent plumage Their physique is rather plump Their diet consists of plants such as roots and bulbs and insects During mating the males are polygamous where they mates with several females The females in turn only mate with the selected male and enter into a monogamous relationship Due to habitat destruction and hunting they have become rare and their population is endangered 2 Species EditThere are three species and several subspecies Image Name Common name Distribution nbsp Lophophorus impejanus Himalayan monal Afghanistan and Pakistan through the Himalayas in India Nepal southern Tibet and Bhutan nbsp Lophophorus sclateri Sclater s monal northeast India southeast Tibet and northern Burma nbsp Lophophorus lhuysii Chinese monal central ChinaReferences Edit Phasianidae aviansystematics org The Trust for Avian Systematics Retrieved 2023 08 05 Hoyo Josep 1992 Handbook of the birds of the world Barcelona Lynx Edicions ISBN 84 87334 15 6 OCLC 861071869 External links Edit nbsp Media related to Lophophorus at Wikimedia Commons nbsp Data related to Lophophorus at Wikispecies nbsp This Galliformes article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Monal amp oldid 1170767353, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
