07 SCLATER'S MONAL
Sclater's monal, a pheasant also known as the crestless monal, is famous for the male's dark upper plumage with iridescence. The females are mostly streaky brown. In the Gaoligong Mountains, the bird lives more than 3,200 meters above sea level and is considered one of Gaoligong's three treasures along with big tree rhododendron and the hoolock gibbon.