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Tragopan temminckii

Photo by James Eaton
Location: Wolong, Sichuan, China

Identification

64cm. Red and orange, white-spotted plumage, black bill, pink legs, bare blue facial skin, inflatable dark-blue lappet and horns. The female is a white-spotted brown bird with blue circular eye skin.

Distribution

Northeast India, northwest Vietnam, Tibet northern provinces of China, and northern Burma

Taxonomy

Habitat

Forests.

Behaviour

The diet includes berries, grass, plants, shoots, fruits and insects.

They take over an abandoned nest and the female lines it with leaves and twigs. 3-4 eggs are laid and are incubated by the female for 28-30 days. The young develop very quickly and are able to fly just days after hatching.

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