Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)
Sclater's Monal (Lophophorus sclateri) - HBW 2, p. 529
French: Lophophore de Sclater
German: Weißschwanzmonal
Spanish: Monal Coliblanco
Other common names: Crestless Monal, Sclater's Monal-pheasant/Pheasant
Taxonomy: Lophophorus sclateri Jerdon, 1870, Mishmi Hills, north east India.
Forms superspecies with L. impejanus. Proposed race orientalis, for eastern populations, not widely accepted. Monotypic.
Distribution: NE India and SE Tibet to NE Burma and SC China (W Yunnan).
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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A male walking on a cage Locality Beijing Breeding Center for Endangered Species, Beijing, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
John Corder 1997 4 years ago 43 sec 3.8 -
A male walking over a trunk on its cage Locality Beijing Breeding Center for Endangered Species, Beijing, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
John Corder 1997 4 years ago 53 sec 3.7 -
A male making a warning call and then foraging. Locality Beijing Breeding Center for Endangered Species, Beijing, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
John Corder 28 September 2008 3 years ago 26 sec 3.5 -
A female walking on its cage Locality Beijing Breeding Center for Endangered Species, Beijing, China (Northern) (Monotypic species)
John Corder 1997 4 years ago 23 sec 3.5
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Captive bird
Locality Beijing Wildlife Park, Beijing, China (Northern)
Jonas Livet 1 May 2009 2 years ago 3.5
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