Blyth's Tragopan - BirdForum Opus

Tragopan blythii

Female
Photo by James Eaton
Nagaland, north-eastern India

Identification

Male

• Rusty red head
• Bare yellow facial skin
• Yellow wattle
• Small white dots on back
• Black band from the base of bill to crown
• Black band behind eyes
• Two pale blue horns (erected during mating)
  

Female

• Dark brown plumage
• Black, buff and white mottling

Male subspecies molesworthii
Artwork by bru.b

Distribution

Himalayas of north-eastern India, Bhutan, Tibet, extreme south-western China and Burma.

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

• T. b. blythii:

• Himalayas of north-eastern India to south-western China and adjacent Myanmar

• T. b. molesworthi known only from 3 east Bhutan specimens

Habitat

Undergrowth of evergreen oak and rhododendron forests.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes seeds, berries, fruits, and buds.

Breeding

They nest in trees and bushes. The 2-5 eggs are incubated for 28 days.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2022) Blyth's Tragopan. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 July 2022 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blyth%27s_Tragopan

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