Sclater's monal
| Sclater's monal | |
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| Female (hen) | |
CITES Appendix I
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Lophophorus |
| Species: | L. sclateri
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophophorus sclateri Jerdon, 1870
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Sclater's monal (Lophophorus sclateri) also known as the crestless monal is a Himalayan landfowl. The name commemorates the British zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater.