Tragopan
Sign in to saveTragopan is a bird genus in the pheasant family Phasianidae. Member of the genus are colloquially called "horned pheasants" because males have two brightly colored, fleshy horns on their head that can be erected during courtship displays, despite this name, they are not true pheasants and are not closely related to them. The habit of tragopans to nest in trees is unique among phasianids.
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Temminck's Tragopan
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGalliformes
- FamilyPhasianidae
Observations181
Groupaves
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Tragopan is a bird genus in the pheasant family Phasianidae. Member of the genus are colloquially called "horned pheasants" because males have two brightly colored, fleshy horns on their head that can be erected during courtship displays, despite this name, they are not true pheasants and are not closely related to them. The habit of tragopans to nest in trees is unique among phasianids.
==Taxonomy== The genus Tragopan was introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1829 for the satyr tragopan. The name tragopan is a mythical horned purple-headed bird mentioned by the Roman authors Pliny and Pomponius Mela.