Lophophorus

Complete mitochondrial genome of the Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus (Phasianidae), with phylogenetic implication.

Natural history of a marked population of Chinese Monals Lophophorus lhuysiiSichuan province, China.

Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus) distribution, habitat and population status in Tibet, China.

Well-known pheasant species in the pheasantry comprise species inhabitant to Pakistan that are Koklass (Pucrasia macrolopha), Kalij (Lophura leucomelana), Monal (Lophophorus impeganus), Cheer (Catreus wallichi) and Tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus) and non-native species including the Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus), Lady Amherst (Chrysolophus amherstiae), Yellow Golden (Chrysolophus pictus mut.

(2009) had reported 4%-57% GD in Lophophorus, Lophura, Catreus, Tragopan and Pucrasia spp.

Another 10 species namely Western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus), cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii), Kashmir flycatcher (Ficedula subrubra), Chestnut-breasted partridge (Arborophila mandellii), Blyth's tragopan (Tragopan blythii), Sclater's Monal (Lophophorus sclateri), dark- rumped Swift (Apus acuticauda), rusty-throated wren-babbler (Spelaeornis badeigularis), Tawny- breasted wren-babbler (Spelaeornis longicaudatus) and snowy-throated babbler (Stachyris oglei) have been declared vulnerable.

(Lophophorus sclateri)###Forest with thick undergrowth

It has been observed that species like Heterophasia pulchella, Ficedula subrubra, Aegithalos leucogenys, Aegithalos niveogularis, Lophophorus sclateri and Caterus wallichii have originated from the same ancestor therefore form a monophyletic clade.

leucogenys, Yuhina bakeri, Tragopan blythii, Lophophorus sclateri and Catreus wallichii represent the third line/pattern of evolution (Fig.