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The Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) belongs to the family Phasianidae under the order Galliformes.
Himalayan monal taxonomy
The Phasianidae is a family of ground-living birds like partridges, tragopans, pheasants, peafowls and chickens.The family Phasianidae was first introduced by Thomas Horsfield M.D. (May 12, 1773 – July 24, 1859), an American physician and naturalist, in the year 1821.
The family Phasianidae is tentatively divided into four subfamilies, viz., Perdicinae, Meleagridinae, Phasianinae and Tetraoninae. The subfamily Phasianinae was described by Thomas Horsfield.
The subfamily Phasianinae comprises sixteen genera, including genus Lophophorus. The genus Lophophorus was introduced by Coenraad Jacob Temminck (31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858), a Dutch aristocrat, zoologist and museum director, in the year 1813.
The genus Lophophorus is polytypic and comprises three species viz., Lophophorus lhuysii, Lophophorus sclateri and Lophophorus impejanus.
The species Lophophorus impejanus was introduced by John Latham (27 June 1740 – 4 February 1837), an English physician, naturalist and author, in the year 1790.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Lophophorus impejanus |
| Species: | L. impejanus |
| Genus: | Lophophorus |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Himalayan monal - Lophophorus impejanus Photo by AJIT HOTA |
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| 2.Himalayan monal - Lophophorus impejanus 286 Photo by Dibyendu Ash |
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| 3.Himalayan monal - Lophophorus impejanus 280 Photo by H005 |
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| 4.Himalayan monal - Lophophorus impejanus Photo by Mathias Appel |
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| 5.Himalayan monal - Lophophorus impejanus Photo by Koshy Koshy |
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| 6.Himalayan monal - Lophophorus impejanus Photo by Jörg Hempel |
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| 7.Himalayan monal - Lophophorus impejanus Photo by Dr deepak rastogi |
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| 8.Himalayan monal - Lophophorus impejanus - female Photo by Dibyendu Ash |
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| 9.Himalayan monal - Lophophorus impejanus - eggs Photo by Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer |
1.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Himalayan_Monal_on_Snow.jpg (cropped)
Author: AJIT HOTA | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 6/4/18
2.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Himalayan_Monal_Adult_Male_East_Sikkim_Sikkim_India.png (cropped)
Author: Dibyendu Ash | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 6/4/18
3.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lophophorus_impejanus_Zoo_DU_1.jpg (cropped)
Author: H005 | Public domain as on 6/4/18
4.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mathiasappel/26077689654/ (cropped)
Author: Mathias Appel | Public domain as on 6/4/18
5.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kkoshy/28466143101/ (cropped)
Author: Koshy Koshy | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 6/4/18
6.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lophophorus_impejanus_LC0387.jpg (cropped)
Author: Jörg Hempel | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 DE as on 6/4/18
7.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birds_of_hills_,uttarakhand.jpg (cropped)
Author: Dr deepak rastogi | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 6/4/18
8.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
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Author: Dibyendu Ash | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 DE as on 6/4/18
9.Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lophophorus_impejanus_MWNH_1093.JPG (cropped)
Author: Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 6/4/18
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