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TEMMINCK’S TRAGOPANTragopan temminckii ©Dr. Axel Gebauer / BBC Earth The Temminck’s Tragopan is a medium-sized, approximately 64cm long, pheasant in the genus Tragopan. The male is a stocky red-and-orange bird 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. The diet consists mainly of berries, grass and plants. The Temminck’s Tragopan is distributed in forests of northern South Asia, from northeast India, northwest Vietnam, Tibet and northern provinces of China. Can also inflate horns and its colorful lappet Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temminck%27s_Tragopan Other posts: Temminck’s Tragopan showing deflated horns Bornean Crested Fireback Siamese Fireback Satyr Tragopan Bulwer’s Pheasant Sliver Pheasant

TEMMINCK’S TRAGOPAN
Tragopan temminckii
©Dr. Axel Gebauer / BBC Earth

The Temminck’s Tragopan is a medium-sized, approximately 64cm long, pheasant in the genus Tragopan. The male is a stocky red-and-orange bird 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.

The diet consists mainly of berries, grass and plants.

The Temminck’s Tragopan is distributed in forests of northern South Asia, from northeast India, northwest Vietnam, Tibet and northern provinces of China.

Can also inflate horns and its colorful lappet

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temminck%27s_Tragopan

Other posts:

Temminck’s Tragopan showing deflated horns

Bornean Crested Fireback

Siamese Fireback

Satyr Tragopan

Bulwer’s Pheasant

Sliver Pheasant

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