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Scientific Name Lophophorus impejanus
Location Physical Space Behavioral Research Aviaries Marlboro College Vermont
Comments Studying the Danphe Monal and Chir Pheasants through Vermont's long winters and adjacent seasons enabled a glimpse into how the species forage in deep snow, and preferences of perching through inclimate weather. The birds were held in thirty and twenty five foot tall aviarys, the largest, more than four thousand square feet.
Reference Himalayan Danphe Monal, Lophophorus impejanus Pair with Chir pheasant, Catreus wallichilhi in background
Creator Kermit Blackwood
Acknowledgements Christine Sheppard,Henry Wathen, John Tobias,Charlie Maddox,John Hayes, Dan Wharton, Jerome and Nancy Kohlberg, MacArthur Foundation
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Sex Mated Pair
Life Cycle Stage Mature
Body Part dorsal plumage
Copyright © 1997 Kermit Blackwood
Image Use share with ToL partners
Creation Date 01/20/97
Attached to Group Lophophorus impejanus (Lophophorus): view page image collection
Title indeepsnow.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s), Body Parts, Habitat
ID 7134
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