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Tragopan temminckii

Photo by James Eaton
Location: Wolong, Sichuan, China

[edit] 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.

[edit] Distribution

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

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[edit] Habitat

Forests.

[edit] 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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