Tragopan
Tragopan | |
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Blyth's tragopan (Tragopan blythii) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Subfamily: | Phasianinae |
Genus: | Tragopan Cuvier, 1829 |
Tragopan is a bird genus in the Phasianidae family, which is commonly called "horned pheasant" because males have two brightly colored, fleshy horns on their head that can be erected during courtship displays.The habit of tragopans nesting in trees is unique among phasianids.[1] The scientific name refers to the horn, being a composite of tragos (billy goat) and the ribald half-goat deity Pan (and in the case of the satyr tragopan, adding Pan's companions for even more emphasis).
There are five recognized tragopan species:[1]
- Western tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus
- Satyr tragopan Tragopan satyra
- Temminck's tragopan Tragopan temminckii
- Blyth's tragopan Tragopan blythii
- Cabot's tragopan Tragopan caboti
Gallery
- Heads of male tragopans
- Eggs of tragopan and other pheasants
- Tragopan caboti head feathers of a male
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References
- 1 2 Madge, S.; McGowan, P. (2002). "Genus Tragopan: tragopans (horned pheasants)". Pheasants, partridges and grouse: including buttonquails, sandgrouse and allies. London: Christopher Helm Publishers. pp. 280−286. ISBN 978-0-7136-3966-7.
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