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Chinese monal (Lophophorus lhuysii)
Subject: Chinese monal (Lophophorus lhuysii)
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Chinese monal (Lophophorus lhuysii)


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English: Chinese Impeyan Pheasant (Lophophorus lhuysii)
Date Published in 1918
Source A Monograph of the Pheasants, volume 1 by William Beebe
Author George Edward Lodge (1860–1954) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edward_Lodge
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese_Impeyan_Pheasant_by_George_Edward_Lodge.png

The Chinese monal (Lophophorus lhuysii) is a pheasant. This monal is restricted to mountains of central China. This is the largest of the three monals and, by mass, is one of the largest pheasants (after the turkeys and the green peafowls and Indian peafowls). The scientific name, lhuysii, commemorates the French statesman Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys. Order: Galliformes, Family: Phasianidae, Subfamily: Phasianinae, Genus: Lophophorus, Species: Lophophorus lhuysii Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Verreaux, 1866.

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Scientific Name: Lophophorus lhuysii Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1866
Common Names:
English – Chinese Monal, Chinese Impeyan
Spanish – Faisán Monal Chino, Lofóforo Chino, Monal Coliverde
French: Lophophore de Lhuys German: Grünschwanzmonal Spanish: Monal coliverde
Taxonomy: Lophophorus Lhuysii A. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1866, Moupin, China.

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