![]() ![]() Due to restricted range and probably patchy habitat, total population roughly estimated at 2500–10,000 individuals, and thought to be declining slightly, although it was estimated to number 12,000 individuals during National Wildlife Survey of China (1995–2000), with mean density of six individuals/km² in Mia Mts (Sichuan) in winter. Much of species’ high-altitude range is uninhabitable for humans, and therefore relatively safe. Object of study by He Fen qi of Academia Sinica, Beijing, a study made all the more difficult by remoteness of range occurs in Eastern Himalayas Endemic Bird Area. In captivity, males reach maturity at three years old, but females at two ( 1 Recorded nests contained 3–5 eggs (in captivity) ( 1 ) seen during breeding period when more than one pair in an area. Nests found at 3800–4000 m, beside crags at 3900 m, temperature in Apr is 4–7☌, falling to -10☌, with plenty of snow. Season Mar–June, apparently earlier than other alpine pheasants in Sichuan, China. Juvenile plumage is assumed to be similar to that of adult female, but remains undocumented in the literature likewise, first-year male presumed to be intermediate in appearance between adult male and female, as in other Lophophorus, but to date has not been described ( 1 (paler and greyer in female), irides brown, and legs greyish horn, with single short spur in male (absent in female) ( 1 Bare parts: bill greyish horn (paler in female) with enlarged and decurved maxilla, bright blue periorbital skin ), fairly narrow rufous and black barring on tail, and more white on lower back Has droopy crest no rufous or chestnut in tail feathers , making identification of both sexes rather straightforward. however, there is no geographical overlap with either L. Noticeably larger and more heavily built than other monals, with much stouter bill Christopher Helm, London, United Kingdom. Pheasants, Partridges and Grouse, including Buttonquails, Sandgrouse and Allies.
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