Monal

Dictionary: Mo·nal

(Zoöl.) Any Asiatic pheasant of the genus Lophophorus, as the Impeyan pheasant.

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IN BRIEF: n. - Brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: brilliantly colored south Asian pheasant
Synonym: monaul

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Monal

Himalayan Monal
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Genus:	Lophophorus Temminck, 1813

A Monal is a bird of genus Lophophorus of the Pheasant family, Phasianidae. There are three species and several sub-species within the genus Lophophorus.

The three species are:

Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus
Sclater's Monal Lophophorus sclateri
Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii

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