About Tragopan temminckii (J.E.Gray, 1831)
Temminck's tragopan, with the scientific name Tragopan temminckii, is a medium-sized pheasant in the genus Tragopan that reaches approximately 64 cm in length. Males are stocky red-and-orange birds with white-spotted plumage, black bills, and pink legs. Their characteristic courtship display includes bare blue facial skin, an inflatable dark-blue lappet, and horns. Females are brown with white spotting, and have blue circular skin around the eye. This species looks similar to the satyr tragopan, but differs from that species by having all red upperbody plumage and an orange collar. The diet of Temminck's tragopan consists mainly of berries, grass, and plants. The species is found across mountain habitats ranging from far northeast India, central China, and far northern Myanmar to northwestern Tonkin. Temminck's tragopan is widespread and common throughout its large habitat range, and it is currently evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Both the common name and Latin binomial of this bird honor the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.
