![]() ![]() They are called "nine-colored bird" due to interspersing mix of metallic colors of green, purple, red and blue. The male’s impressive display features bowing and vigorous waving of the rufous tail, but it is the Male has the iridescent plumage on the wings and neck. Females generally slightly smaller and lighter than male. Average length is 2.3 feet and the weight of males and females range between 4.4 and 5.2 lbs (1980 gram - 2 380 gram respectively). Himalayan Monal are the most beautiful pheasants due to their striking metallic-colored plumage. Himalayan Monal is the national bird of Nepal and the state bird of Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh in India. ![]() A widely distributed species that is still common throughout its range.The Himalayan Monal ( Scientific Name : Lophophorus impejanus) belongs to the Order: Galliformesis and Family: Phasianidaealso regionally known as the Impeyan Monal or Impeyan Pheasant. It tolerates snow and digs through it to obtain plant roots and invertebrate prey. Believed to show largest altitudinal movement of all Himalayan pheasants. It descends to 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in the winter. It lives in upper temperate oak-conifer forests interspersed with open grassy slopes, cliffs and alpine meadows between 24 meters, where it is most common between 27 meters. The male also has a bare patch of turquoise blue skin around the eye.The Himalayan monal’s native range extends from Afghanistan and Pakistan through the Himalayas in India, Nepal, southern Tibet, and Bhutan. ![]() The breast and underparts are black and the tail is copper. The males also have a large white patch on the rump. The tail feathers are uniformly rufous being darker towards the tips. The adult male has a long, metallic-green crest, much like a peacock, changeable reddish copper on the back and sides of the neck and a prominent white back and rump while in flight. The male’s impressive display features bowing and vigorous waving of the rufous tail, but it is the iridescent plumage on the wings and neck that give the bird its reputation as the “nine-colored bird” consisting of interspersing mix of metallic colors of green, purple, red and blue. The first-year male and the juvenile resemble the female, but the first-year male is larger and the juvenile is less distinctly marked. The female has a prominent white patch on the throat and a white strip on the tail. The tail feathers of the male are uniformly rufous, becoming darker towards the tips, whereas the lower tail coverts of females are white, barred with black and red. Notable features in the male include a long, metallic green crest, coppery feathers on the back and neck, and a prominent white rump that is most visible when the bird is in flight. The adult male has multicoloured plumage throughout, while the female, as in other pheasants, is more subdued in colour. The male weighs up to 2380 grams and the female 2150. These pheasants are amongst the most beautiful pheasants due to their striking metallic-colored plumage. ![]() It was also the state bird of Himachal Pradesh until 2007. It is the national bird of Nepal, where it is known as the danphe, and state bird of Uttarakhand, India, where it is known as the monal. The Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus), also known as the Impeyan monal and Impeyan pheasant, is a bird in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. Himalayan Monal in the mist monochrome, Bhutan ![]()
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