The courtship display involves male fanning tail, drooping wings and parading in front of female also a flight display in which male glides with spread tail, the wings held above the body. Breeding occurs at various altitudes from 2100m–4500 m. When foraging Himalayan monals dig up to 25 cm under the ground. It can fly, but I guess it is not built for long hauls. The ultimate purpose of courtship is to attract. The Himalayan monal is the national bird of Nepal, where it is known as the danphe or danfe. The Himalayan Monal is a pheasant endemic to the Himalayan region. It forages throughout day, in loose groups.īreeding habits: Breeds in Apr to June in India and Bhutan. Direct from the wild, first-ever footage of mating dance of Himalayan Monal at Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary.
It digs extensively with bill, creating distinctive dug-over areas on hillsides. It is found from 2100m-4000m.įood habits: It eats seeds, tubers, shoots, berries, insects and their larvae. Habitat: It is found in open coniferous or mixed forests with rhododendron and bamboo understorey, in steep valleys in and around cultivation, meadows and clearings. The juvenile is very similar to female but markings somewhat less distinct, while young males differ from young females in having some black spots on throat and a substantially darker-looking breast. The first-year male is intermediate between adults of the two sexes, being larger than female, with variable number of black feathers on foreneck and metallic purple on upperparts. The male has single, small tarsal spur, female none. The bill is greyish horn with enlarged and strongly decurved maxilla and yellowish-green legs.
The female has plain streaking on underparts, a prominent white throat, short crest and bright blue orbital skin. It has chestnut wings and white rump/lower back. The male is iridescent green, copper and purple and has peculiar wiry crest and cinnamon-brown tail. of male is 1980–2380 g Size of female is 63–64 cm, wt. Vernacular Names : NW Himalayas: Munal, Ghar munal, Ratia kawan, Ratnal, Ratkap, Kash: Sunal, (M) Suna murgh, (F) Ham, H.P.: Nilguru, Munal, (M) Nil, (F) Kareri, U.P.: Datiya, Mishmi: Pia padir, Dafe, Lepcha: Fo dong, Nepal: Dangan, Bhutan: Bup, Sikkim: Chamdongĭistribution in India: Resident of Himalayas in Indiaĭescription: Size of male 70–72 cm, wt. The adult male has multi-coloured plumage throughout, while the female, as in other pheasants, is more subdued in colour.
FLYING HIMALAYAN MONAL PATCH
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 dull in colour. The male weighs up to 2380 grams and the female 2150. The scientific name commemorates Lady Mary Impey, the wife of the British chief justice of Bengal, Sir Elijah Impey. However, studies have shown that the male Himalayan Monal of northwestern India lacks the white rump of other Himalayan Monals, and it has more green on the breast, indicating the possibility of a second subspecies. Traditionally, the Himalayan Monal has been classified as monophyletic. We studied the distribution of three high-altitude species: Himalayan monal, blood pheasant, and Tibetan snowcock, comparing birds distribution in relation. It is the national bird of Nepal, where it is known as the Danfe, and the state bird of Uttarakhand.
PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN (OBSERVE THE BIRD AND RECOGNIZE).HIMALAYAN Himalayan Monal, Lophophorus impejanus also known as the Impeyan Monal, Impeyan Pheasant, and Danphe, is a bird in the pheasant family, Phasianidae.
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