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{{Taxobox
| name = Temminck's Tragopan
| name = Temminck's tragopan
| status = LC
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
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| binomial_authority = ([[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1831)
| binomial_authority = ([[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1831)
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The '''Temminck's Tragopan''' (''Tragopan temminckii)'' is a medium-sized, approximately 64 cm long, [[pheasant]] in the genus ''[[Tragopan]]''. The male is a stocky red-and-orange bird with white-spotted plumage, black [[Beak|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 '''Temminck's tragopan''' (''Tragopan temminckii)'' is a medium-sized, approximately 64 cm long, [[pheasant]] in the genus ''[[Tragopan]]''. The male is a stocky red-and-orange bird with white-spotted plumage, black [[Beak|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.
[[Image:TemmincksTragopan.jpg|thumb|left]]
[[Image:TemmincksTragopan.jpg|thumb|left]]
[[Image:Tragopan satyra, ZOO Praha 158.jpg|thumb|left|male]]
[[Image:Tragopan satyra, ZOO Praha 158.jpg|thumb|left|male]]
Its appearance resembles the [[Satyr Tragopan]], but unlike the latter species it has all red upperbody plumage and orange collar. The diet consists mainly of berries, grass and plants.
Its appearance resembles the [[satyr tragopan]], but unlike the latter species it has all red upperbody plumage and orange collar. 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]].
The Temminck's tragopan is distributed in forests of northern [[South Asia]], from northeast [[India]], northwest [[Vietnam]], [[Tibet]] and northern provinces of [[China]].


Widespread and a common species throughout its large habitat range, the Temminck's Tragopan is evaluated as Least Concern on the [[IUCN Red List]] of Threatened Species.
Widespread and a common species throughout its large habitat range, the Temminck's tragopan is evaluated as Least Concern on the [[IUCN Red List]] of Threatened Species.


This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Dutch naturalist [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Beolens|first=Bo|title=Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds|year=2003|publisher=Christopher Helm|location=London|pages=335–336|coauthors=Watkins, Michael}}</ref>
This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Dutch naturalist [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Beolens|first=Bo|title=Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds|year=2003|publisher=Christopher Helm|location=London|pages=335–336|coauthors=Watkins, Michael}}</ref>

Revision as of 14:55, 31 May 2014

Temminck's tragopan
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Galliformes
Family:
Phasianidae
Subfamily:
Phasianinae
Genus:
Tragopan
Species:
T. temminckii
Binomial name
Tragopan temminckii
(Gray, 1831)

The Temminck's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii) is a medium-sized, approximately 64 cm 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.

male

Its appearance resembles the satyr tragopan, but unlike the latter species it has all red upperbody plumage and orange collar. 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.

Widespread and a common species throughout its large habitat range, the Temminck's tragopan is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.[2]

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 335–336. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
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