Lophophorus impejanus large chicken. Total length of about 70 cm. The male body beautiful plumage color. A long, green copper head, with spoon shaped feather end. The upper body is purple and blue feather verdigris, green color, with metal luster; two fin surface is metallic purple, with copper green edge. Oba red. Lower body black brown. Brown mouth. Feet yellow green and dark brown green. The female body feathers are black, brown, brown and yellow stripes. Under the chin, throat and back white. The tail is brown and black with white noise, end.
Lophophorus impejanus also called the "nine color bird". These wonderful names have explained its image is very beautiful, especially colorful males, body length is 69 cm, weight 2000 grams, the head of a cluster of special extended blue green crest, the feather is fine and bare, feather end is spoon shaped, forward, like velvet that is very strange, in its most beautiful monaul. Feathers shine like the rainbow metal luster, the head is green; the eye bare skin is blue sea; the nape of the neck and neck side copper; copper back green, purple and blue green the rest of the upper body, lower back and lower body waist white; black brown, brown and white lines with significant red Brown tail. Ciniao 55 ~ 60 cm, weight 1535 ~ 1750 grams. The body plumage color is elegant and delicate, head crest, upper body are black, yellow or white skin with wrinkles; back skin yellow, with black concentric lines; chin, throat and neck before the rest of the white, brown mixed with black lines nakedness, or white lines; tail brown, with black and white horizontal stripes end spot. Iris in the eye is brown; mouth brown; legs and feet are yellow green to dark green.
Iris brown; mouth ash black; foot olive brown. Cry: cry and alarm when the whistle, like Curlew often stand on the rock songs.
Lophophorus impejanus is a typical alpine climate, living at an altitude of 2500 to 4500 meters, year-round by clouds enveloped the coniferous forest, alpine meadow and Alpine Rhododendron shrubs. Diurnal activity, perched on steep rocks or Rhododendron shrubs at night. Often in groups, sometimes in winter can form 20 - 30 large groups. Lophophorus impejanus where the natural conditions are very harsh, the summer is almost always spent in a cool rain and cloud shadow, even if it is a sunny day is often the floating white clouds shrouded, winter snow cover, but it is a natural environment to adapt to the ability to pay. Its food is mainly shrubs and herbs of buds, leaves, twigs, roots, fruits and seeds, sometimes eat insects and other animal food.
Located in eastern Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Bhutan, Northeastern India and Northern Burma impeyan abroad, in Dinggye, domestic distribution in southern Tibet and southeastern Nielamu, Tingri, Geelong, Ya Dong, Linzhi, county, Chayu, Bomi etc..