Lophophorus sclateri (Information about this image)
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Infraclassis: Aves
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Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Pangalloanserae
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Ordo: Galliformes
Familia: Phasianidae
Subfamilia: Phasianinae
Genus: Lophophorus
Species: Lophophorus sclateri
Subspecies: L. s. arunachalensis – L. s. orientalis – L. s. sclateri
Name
Lophophorus sclateri Jerdon, 1870
References
Ibis ser.2, 6: 148.
IUCN: Lophophorus sclateri (Vulnerable)
Vernacular names
čeština: Monal běloocasý
Deutsch: Weißschwanz-Glanzfasan
English: Sclater's Monal
Esperanto: Blankmakula monalo
español: Monal coliblanco
Nederlands: Sclaters Glansfazant
svenska: Vitstjärtad monal
中文: 白尾梢虹雉
Sclater's monal (Lophophorus sclateri) also known as the crestless monal is a Himalayan pheasant. The name commemorates the British zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater.[3]
Taxonomy
Sclater's monal has three recognized subspecies:[4]
L. s. arunachalensis (Kumar & Singh, 2004)
L. s. orientalis (Davison G.W.H., 1974)
L. s. sclateri (Jerdon, 1870)
Description
Sclater's monal is a large, approximately 68 centimetres (27 in) long, monal pheasant. As with other monals, the male is a colourful bird. It has a highly iridescent purplish-green upperparts plumage, short and curly metallic green crown feathers, copper neck, purplish-black throat, white back, blue orbital skin, yellowish-orange bill and brown iris. In the nominate subspecies, the tail is white with a broad chestnut band, while the tail is entirely white in L. s. arunachalensis from western Arunachal Pradesh in India.[5] The crestless female is mostly a dark brown bird with a white throat and tail-tip, dull bluish orbital skin and a pale yellow bill.
Male
Distribution and habitat
Sclater's monal is distributed to mountain forests of the east Himalayan region, in north-eastern India, south-eastern Tibet and northern Burma, at altitudes of 2,500 to 4,200 metres (8,200 to 13,800 ft).
Behaviour
The diet of the Sclater's monal, like that of other members of the genus Lophophorus, probably consists mainly of tubers, roots, bulbs, arthropods, rodents, seeds and flowers. The female usually lays between three and five eggs. It is not known if the male participates in nest defense, but it is likely.
Conservation
Due to ongoing habitat loss, small population size, limited range and overhunting in some areas for food and its feathers, Sclater's monal is evaluated as Vulnerable on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix I of CITES.
References
BirdLife International (2016). "Lophophorus sclateri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22679185A92806372. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679185A92806372.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
"Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 304.
"DOI – IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.13.1. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
Suresh Kumar R. & P. Singh (2004). A new subspecies of Sclater’s monal Lophophorus sclateri from western Arunachal Pradesh, India. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club 124(1): 16-27.
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