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Monal
Genus of birds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Monale.
A monal is a bird of genus Lophophorus of the pheasant family, Phasianidae.
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Monal | |
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Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Tribe: | Lophophorini |
Genus: | Lophophorus Temminck, 1813 |
Type species | |
Lophophorus refulgens[1] = Phasianus impejanus Temminck, 1813 | |
Species | |
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