Nepal Koklass Pucrasia macrolopha nipalensis Pucrasia nipalensis

by John Gould

$2,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A fine image from John Gould's magnificent folio work 'The Birds of Asia'. 'The Koklass Pheasants have a very discontinuous area of distribution; some subspecies are found in the Himalayas from Afghanistan to Nepal, others in the east of Tibet and north-east China... Koklass are mountain birds living in forests mostly at altitudes of 4000 feet up to about 15,000 feet. They are rather solitary and are never seen feeding in flocks... The cock has an unusual crow and both birds

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