Only a few specimens are exhibited in American zoos. This bird its courtship performance. Almost all pheasants are skillful courtship dancers, but the performance by the yellow-bellied tragopan is particularly attractive as it displays itself energetically but comically before its beloved and a crown of spectators. As for the monals, Chinese call them rainbow pheasants, because their bodies have a metallic radiance. Some ornithologists claim their brilliant plumage is matchless among all birds.
Monals have one genus, lophophorus, consisting of several species.
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