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{{automatic taxobox<br />
| name = Monal<br />
| image = Lophophorus_impejanus_(Jardin_Acclimatation).jpg<br />
| image_caption = [[Himalayan monal]] (''Lophophorus impejanus'')<br />
| taxon = Lophophorus<br />
| authority = [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]], 1813<br />
| type_species = [[Lophophorus impejanus]]<br />
| subdivision_ranks = Species<br />
| subdivision = * ''[[Lophophorus impejanus]]''<br />
* ''[[Lophophorus lhuysii]]''<br />
* ''[[Lophophorus sclateri]]''<br />
}}<br />
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A '''monal''' is a [[bird]] of genus '''''Lophophorus''''' of the [[pheasant]] family, [[Phasianidae]]. <br />
==Description==<br />
The males all have colorful, iridescent plumage. Their physique is rather plump. Their diet consists of plants such as roots and bulbs and insects. During mating the males are polygamous where they mates with several females. The females in turn only mate with the selected male and enter into a monogamous relationship. Due to [[habitat destruction]] and hunting, they have become rare and their population is endangered.<ref name="Hoyo 1992 p. ">{{cite book | last=Hoyo | first=Josep | title=Handbook of the birds of the world | publisher=Lynx Edicions | publication-place=Barcelona | year=1992 | isbn=84-87334-15-6 | oclc=861071869 | page=}}</ref><br />
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==Species==<br />
There are three species and several subspecies:<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
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! Image !! Name !! Common name!! Distribution<br />
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|[[File:Himalayan Monal on Snow.jpg|120px]] || ''Lophophorus impejanus'' || [[Himalayan monal]]||Afghanistan and Pakistan through the Himalayas in India, Nepal, southern Tibet, and Bhutan.<br />
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|[[File:Lophophorus sclateri.jpg|120px]] || ''Lophophorus sclateri'' || [[Sclater's monal]] ||northeast India, southeast Tibet and northern Burma<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Lvwhzh.jpg|120px]] || ''Lophophorus lhuysii'' || [[Chinese monal]] ||central China<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
== External links ==<br />
* {{Commons-inline|Lophophorus|''Lophophorus''}}<br />
* {{Wikispecies-inline|Lophophorus|''Lophophorus''}}<br />
{{Phasianidae}}<br />
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[[Category:Lophophorus|*]]<br />
[[Category:Bird genera]]<br />
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