Taxidermy - any ideas? (1 Viewer)

[Graham M]

If anyone has any ideas as to what species this is it would be much appreciated...

Thanks

 

[White*Kite]

It's a male Himalayan Monal pheasant, Lophophorus impeyanus.

 

[White*Kite]

http://www.gbwf.org/pheasants/monal.html

Pictures of the bird to be found on the above link.

 

[Graham M]

Thanks very much - I had actually found a picture of one of those and thought it was close but I hadn't appreciated how faded (or whatever the word is) it had become.

 

[cuckooroller]

Thanks very much - I had actually found a picture of one of those and thought it was close but I hadn't appreciated how faded (or whatever the word is) it had become.

Hi Graham,
When speaking of life-mounts, or skin preparations, the commonly used term is "foxed", and the process is called "foxing" (= post-mortem color changes of both plumages, and of the soft parts).