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Himalayan Monal at Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal🐔

Photo: Pratap Gurung · CC BY-SA 4.0

SpeciesGalliformesPhasianidae
Birds

🐔Himalayan Monal

Lophophorus impejanus (Latham, 1790)

Monal-de-cauda-ruiva ou monal-do-himalaia (Lophophorus impejanus), também conhecido pelos nomes de faisão-do-nepal, faisão-resplandecente, monal-dos-himalaias, monal-himalaio ou simplesmente monal, é uma ave galiforme da família Phasianidae. É considerada a ave-símbolo do Nepal.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
2.07 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Himalayan Monal

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Body mass
2.07 kg
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Tail length
0.2 m
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Wing length
0.29 m
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Beak length
0.05 m
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Tarsus length
0.07 m
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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Forest
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Terrestrial
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
2.1 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Himalayan Monal yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderGalliformes
  5. ›familyPhasianidae
  6. ›genusLophophorus
  7. ›speciesLophophorus impejanus
Full lineage
  1. classBirds · Aves
  2. superorderGalloanserae
  3. orderGamebirds · Galliformes
  4. genusLophophorus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. superorderGalloanserae
  11. orderGamebirds · Galliformes
  12. genusLophophorus
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In other languages
monal de l'Himàlaia (ca), bažant lesklý (cs), Glansfasan (da), Rostschwanz-Glanzfasan (de), Lophophorus impejanus (es), töyhtöloistofasaani (fi) … and 24 more languages
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Himalayan Monal at Sagarmatha National Park, NepalHimalayan Monal 2025Himalayan Monal Adult Female Tungnath Rudraprayag Uttarakhand India 14.06.2013
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