Endangered Species Documentary Project
monal pheasants and other alpine
Monal Monals ( Lophophorus spp. Of China)Aves Galliformes Phasianidae
Species profile: Monal Monal genus includes green tail (Lophophorus lhuysii), Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus) and white-tailed slightly rainbow pheasant (Lophophorus sclateri). Rainbow pheasant’s male, with feathers shining metal for the bright, so famous rainbow pheasant. Rainbow pheasant distribution in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 2500-5000 meters above sea level, is the representative of the plateau pheasant, which is the green tail pheasant is a unique bird in China. In the plateau, in addition to the rainbow pheasant, but also the distribution of white horse chicken, blood pheasant and other beautiful pheasant class.
Distribution area: Tibet, Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan
Protection level: National level (all species of rainbow pheasant)
CITES Appendix: Appendix Ⅰ (all species of rainbow pheasant)
Chinese species Red directory: near threat NT (brown tail rainbow pheasant), Vulnerability VU (White-tailed Typhoon Pheasant, Green-tailed Rainbow Pheasant)
Hazardous factors: poaching; habitat destruction and loss caused by enlargement, deforestation and herbal medicine
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