Other names : Chinese
Impeyan
Homeland : Alpine
meadows and forests of trees with cypress cones at 4800 meters height in
summer and 2700 meters height in winter in Middle China.
Description : It
is the biggest one of monals; it looks like Himalayan monal however it
has a lush and sagged crest with fluctuating violet-bronze color; head
is green, orbital skin is blue, back of neck and wings are copper yellow,
bottom sides of neck, throat and chin are black. Females exhibit a
difference from himalayan monal with their black feathers with bars.
Bottom sides are blackish brown and exhibit bright thin bars.
Reproduction age : 2
year age.
Annual egg number : 3-5
eggs
Incubation period : Unavailable
in private collections. Breeding chickens has been successful only in
San Diego Zoo. It has been listed in sorts of which generation is in
risk by CITES.
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