Summary ²

The Chinese monal (Lophophorus lhuysii) is a pheasant. This monal is restricted to mountains of central China. The plumage is highly iridescent. The male has a large drooping purple crest, a metallic green head, blue bare skin around the eyes, a reddish gold mantle, bluish green feathers and black underparts. The female is dark brown with white on its throat.

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1. (c) Smithsonian Wild, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1168/5179503459_18ff9e36b0.jpg
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lophophorus_lhuysii

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