![]() ![]() Prized by royalty for their beauty, they were named after Lady Impey. The pencilling is perfect, and other than some slight freying on the tips, both are in perfect condition. This is a perfectly matched set of tail quills harvested from a Pencilled Palm Tom as soon as they were prime. Heritage turkeys have some of the most unexpected patterning in their tail feathers. To check out, click the "view cart" button The color of these feathers is far nicer than what you are seeing in this picture.Ħ pr breast feathers (black prince sub) - $15 Also available in yellow from the Yellow Golden. The breast feathers on the males have long soft fibers. These are the feather from the back of the neck on a male in breeding plumage. Sorry, only available to US customers!įrom tails to wings, these are a feather called for in many patterns. I can not send any feathers out of the US. ***The Impeyan Pheasant is a CITIES listed species. Although not often used for this purpose, the tail fibers can be use in married wings. The Gled Kite is a protected species being a bird of prey. The female Impeyan tail feathers make a great Gled Kite sub. That goes as well for the crafter looking for some outrageous colored feathers for that special project. There are hardly any feathers on this bird that a creative mind could find a use for. The back and wing coverts are of a bluish-purple color and make great full feather wing flies. The wings are covered with a lot of blue chrome feathers that can be used just about everywhere for the same uses as above. The green iridescent pointed feathers below the nape can be used for sides, cheeks, body veilings, tail veilings, etc. However, for the artistic/creative tier there’s a whole lot more feathers to utilize. ![]() Specifically, the copper colored nape feathers make up the body veilings and the crest feathers are used for part of the wing. A distinct blue patch around the eyes characterises the species.Classically, Impeyan feathers have been used on the Bronze Pirate. The tail feathers of the male bird are consistently metallic reddish-brown coloured, ending at a darker shade towards the tips. With a white back and black underparts, the bird exposes a prominent white patch on its rump when in flight. The Himalayan Monal is also known as the ‘nine-coloured bird’ owing to the iridescent metallic-coloured plumage on the neck and wings of the adult male bird. The average female of the species is a tad smaller and lighter than its male counterpart. An average bird would measure to around 70 cm in length and between 4.4-5.2 lbs in weight, and it is considered to be a somewhat large bird. The Himalayan Monal is one of the most stunning pheasants due to its distinctive iridescent metallic-coloured plumage. At other times they might also be spotted in small groups, or large conveys, while practicing communal roosting. visible white patch on the rump while the bird is in flight, but continues to be debated among experts. These pheasants usually roam single or in pairs, especially during their breeding season between April and August. They are also called Himalayan Monal Pheasants. The shrill curlew-like whistle of the Himalayan Monal is quite distinctive. Their tolerance to the snow is an added bonus to their lifestyle. These pheasants have heavy bills which they expertly use for digging out subterranean insects and tubers from the slopes as well. The Himalayan Monal spends most of its day foraging for insects, berries, shoots, and seeds. ( Koshy Koshy / Flickr) Behaviour of the Himalayan monal In general they maintain an altitude between 2,000 and 4,500m above the sea level. In the summers they move up to 16,000ft, wandering the grassy slopes above the tree-line. It can fly, but I guess it is not built for long hauls. In the winter months they come down to 6,500ft. The Himalayan Monal is a pheasant endemic to the Himalayan region. The Himalayan Monal is a high-altitude bird that practices altitudinal migration as the weather changes. Their preferred habitat also features rolling grassy slopes and cliffs, and an extensive understory of bamboo and rhododendron. ![]() These pheasants are typically found residing in the oak-conifer forests of cool upper temperate regions, such as the Himalayan hills. As a result, they have been included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2016), albeit as a species of ‘Least Concern’ (LC). The bird is almost extinct in Afghanistan, and their numbers are steadily reducing in other areas due to various anthropological factors. These birds are endemic to a vast belt including, Bhutan, China, Nepal, Pakistan, India (states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh), and even Myanmar. The scientific name of the bird is Lophophorus impejanus and it belongs to the Phasianidae family of the Galliformes order. The Himalayan Monal, also known as the Impeyan Pheasant or Impeyan Monal, is a variety of pheasant found in the hilly forests of the Himalayan region. ![]()
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