Tragopan

Tragopan blythii

Beak

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Feet

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Crest

No crest

Resident. E Himalayas and NE India. Male has orange-yellow facial skin, sandy - grey breast and belly, brownish ocelli on upperparts, and red uppertail-coverts with bold whitish spots. Femalefr omfemale Satyr by paler underparts lacking strong rufous tone. and from female Temminck'sby paler underparts with less dist inct white spotting. Immature male like imm. male Satyr but with yellow facial skin, reddish uppertail-coverts, and uniform brownish - grey underparts {lacking white spots). T. b. molesworthi{NE Himalayas) differs from T. b. blythii{NE India, south of Brahmaputra A) in having a narrower band of red across breast and being paler, with more uniform sandy-grey underparts. Globally threatened. Thick undergrowth in broadleaved forest.