Sclater's monal, crestless monal (Lophophorus sclateri) Description
Lophophorus sclateri
Date 1870
Source Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870 (http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen70zool#page/n210/mode/1up)
Author J G Keulemans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gerrard_Keulemans
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LophophorusSclateriKeulemans.jpg
Sclater's monal, Lophophorus sclateri, also known as the crestless monal, is a large, approximately 68 centimetres long, pheasant of the east Himalayan region. Sclater's monal is distributed to mountain forests of northeast India, southeast Tibet and northern Burma. Order: Galliformes, Family: Phasianidae, Subfamily: Phasianinae, Genus: Lophophorus, Species: Lophophorus sclateri Jerdon, 1870.
