Burung buruan (Game Birds)
Himalayan Monal
Lophophorus impejanus
- mistis
- 82 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Nepal's national bird, the Danphe, lit from within like stained glass dragged across the snowline. A walking aurora that prefers to stay just above the treeline.
- Populasi
- Global population size not quantified; described as widespread and locally common in suitable habitat, with a suspected slow decline (likely under 5% over three generations) driven by hunting/trapping and habitat loss
- Habitat
- Upper temperate oak-conifer forest interspersed with open grassy slopes, cliffs, and alpine meadows, roughly 2,400-4,500 m elevation (most common 2,700-3,700 m), with altitudinal migration recorded from about 390 m up to 5,240 m
- Fakta menarik
- The Himalayan monal (danphe) is the national bird of Nepal and the state bird of Uttarakhand, India; it is CITES Appendix I listed, and its scientific name honors Lady Mary Impey, who kept live specimens in Calcutta in the 1780s.
- Sebaran
- Himalayan region across Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (Jammu & Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh), Nepal, Bhutan, and southern Tibet (China)
- Makanan
- Omnivorous forager that digs with its strong bill for tubers, roots, bulbs, tender shoots and leaves, and invertebrates (including insects), often digging through snow in winter
- Ukuran
- 0,7 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,8 m
- Masa hidup
- 6,6 tahun
