Sclater's Monal

How to identify

Field marks

1. No long crest; crown has short, curled metallic-green feathers
2. Upperparts metallic purple-green
3. Back and tail white; tail usually has a broad chestnut band
4. Blue bare skin around the eye; bill yellow-orange

Male, female and young

Female lacks a crest and is dark brown overall, with a white throat and tail tip and a pale yellow bill.

Similar species

Chinese Monal

The male Sclater's Monal lacks a long crest, having only short, curled metallic-green feathers on the crown.

Where and when it's recorded

Sclater's Monal has been recorded at 2 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

To protect this bird from disturbance, we don't list exact sites.

Countries and regions with the most records

China

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

Sclater's monal (Lophophorus sclateri) also known as the crestless monal is a Himalayan landfowl. The name commemorates the British zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater.

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