Temminck's Tragopan
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| Tragopan temminckii J.E. Gray, 1831 |
The Temminck's Tragopan, Tragopan temminckii is a medium-sized, up to 64cm long, stocky red pheasant with white spotted plumage, black bill and pink legs. It has a bare blue facial skin, inflatable dark blue lappet and horns. The female is a white-spotted brown bird with blue circular eye skin.
Its appearance resembles the Satyr Tragopan, but unlike the latter species it has all red upperbody plumage and orange collar. The diet consists mainly of berries, grass and plants.
Widespread throughout forests of northern South Asia, the Temminck's Tragopan is distributed from northeast India, northwest Vietnam, Tibet and northern provinces of China.
A common species in its large range, the Temminck's Tragopan is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Tragopan temminckii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
