Chinese Monal
Lophophorus lhuysiiGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire, AL, 1866
English (US) Chinese Monal
The Chinese Monal (Lophophorus lhuysii) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phasianidae (Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) in the order Galliformes.
Range: mountains of southwestern China (southern Gansu, northwestern Sichuan, and Yunnan)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lophophorus lhuysii
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Chinese Monal
- Described by
- Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, AL, 1866
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Lophophorus Lhuysii
- Described by
- Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, AL, 1866
- Type locality
- China, type from the mountains above Mupin, Szechuan.
- Original description
- Bulletin de la Société Impériale Zoologique d'Acclimatation (2), 3 p.223
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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