Prakruti Parichay
PhasianidaeTragopan

Western Tragopan

Tragopan melanocephalus

60–73 cmVery Large
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. W Himalayas. Male has flame-orange foreneck, whites-spottted blackish underparts, red hind neck, large white spots on uppertail-coverts, and red facial skin. Female from female Satyr Tragopan by dark grey-brown {rather than rufous) coloration to underparts, and reddish orbital skin. Immature male has dull brownish-red hind neck, and more uniformly grey upperparts and underparts with fewer. smaller white spots. White-spotted grey underparts help separate from immature Satyr Globally threatened. Dense undergrowth in temperate and subalpine forest.

Colour

RedWhiteGreyBrown
Average size
66.5 cm
Habitat
Dense undergrowth in temperate and subalpine forest.
Behaviour
Resident., Globally threatened.

About this bird

Resident. W Himalayas. Male has flame-orange foreneck, whites-spottted blackish underparts, red hind neck, large white spots on uppertail-coverts, and red facial skin. Female from female Satyr Tragopan by dark grey-brown {rather than rufous) coloration to underparts, and reddish orbital skin. Immature male has dull brownish-red hind neck, and more uniformly grey upperparts and underparts with fewer. smaller white spots. White-spotted grey underparts help separate from immature Satyr Globally threatened. Dense undergrowth in temperate and subalpine forest.

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Western Tragopan is bigger than Bengal Florican but smaller than Himalayan Monal.

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Western Tragopan

Tragopan melanocephalus

60–73 cm