Temminck's Tragopan
A species of Tragopans Scientific name : Tragopan temminckii Genus : Tragopans
Temminck's Tragopan, A species of Tragopans
Botanical name: Tragopan temminckii
Genus: Tragopans
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Description
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Description
Temminck's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii) is a medium-sized, approximately 64 cm long, pheasant in the genus Tragopan. The male is a stocky red-and-orange bird with white-spotted plumage, black bill and pink legs. He has a bare blue facial skin, inflatable dark-blue lappet and horns. To the female, she is white-spotted brown 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. The Temminck's tragopan is found across the mountains of far northeast India, central China, far northern Myanmar to northwestern Tonkin. Widespread and a common species throughout its large habitat range, the Temminck's tragopan is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck. 
Size
64 cm
Feeding Habits
Temminck's Tragopan forages for a variety of plant-based foods including flowers, leaves, and berries, and occasionally consumes insects. Feeding behavior includes digging in snow for vegetation in winter and eating fruits from trees like rowan and Viburnum. It has a particular preference for certain berries, making up a significant part of its diet.
Habitat
The habitat of temminck's Tragopan encompasses dense evergreen or mixed forests with a prevalence of Sorbus and Viburnum species, alongside areas thick with bamboo and rhododendron undergrowth. These birds are typically found in environments with a natural abundance of grass, bushes, and seasonal fruit-bearing plants such as Alangium chinensis and Macrocarpium chinensis, with preferences changing seasonally. Habitually, these birds inhabit regions with richly vegetated forest edges, transitioning to denser cover through summer, fruit-rich locales in autumn, and retreating to mixed broadleaf and bamboo forests in winter.
Dite type
Omnivorous
Photo By Charley Hesse TROPICAL BIRDING 
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