Meet Himalayan Monal – The Nine Coloured Mountain Pheasant

Monal (also known as the Impeyan Pheasant or Impeyan Monal) is one of the most stunningly beautiful birds in the world. This large size pheasant is also known as “nine-coloured bird”. The bird has an iridescent rainbow-like plumage. However the look of the bird is pleasing to eyes but you might get exhausted if you try to assess (count) the numbers of colors on the bird.

Despite its large size, it is a gentle bird. The Monal is the National bird of Nepal as well as state bird of Uttarakhand. Earlier Himanchal Pradesh's state bird was also Monal but it was later replaced by western Tragopan also known as jujurana. It is known as Danphe in Nepal and Monal in India. The common name of this beautiful bird is Himalayan Monal, Local name Monal and Zoological Name is Lophophorus impejanus. It is, also known as the Impeyan monal, Impeyan pheasant, a bird of the pheasant family,Phasianidae.