Sclater's monal

Sclater's monal
Female (hen)
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Lophophorus
Species:
L. sclateri
Binomial name
Lophophorus sclateri
Jerdon, 1870

Sclater's monal (Lophophorus sclateri) also known as the crestless monal is a Himalayan pheasant. The name commemorates the British zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater.[3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Lophophorus sclateri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22679185A92806372. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679185A92806372.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 304.