Tragopan

Tragopan is a bird genus in the pheasant family Phasianidae. Member of the genus are commonly called "horned pheasants" because males have two brightly colored, fleshy horns on their head that can be erected during courtship displays. The habit of tragopans to nest in trees is unique among phasianids.^[1]

Tragopan
Blyth's tragopan (Tragopan blythii)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Tribe:	Lophophorini
Genus:	Tragopan Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Meleagris satyra (satyr tragopan) Linnaeus, 1758

Taxonomy

The genus Tragopan was introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1829 for the satyr tragopan.^[2] The name tragopan is a mythical horned purple-headed bird mentioned by the Roman authors Pliny and Pomponius Mela.^[3]

The genus contains five species.^[4]

Image	Name	Common name	Distribution
	Tragopan melanocephalus	Western tragopan	Kohistan, Kaghan valley, Kishtwar, Chamba, Kullu and an area east of the Satluj river, Pakistan
	Tragopan satyra	Satyr tragopan	India, Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan.
	Tragopan temminckii	Temminck's tragopan	northern Myanmar to northwestern Tonkin.
	Tragopan blythii	Blyth's tragopan	Bhutan through northeast India, north Myanmar to southeast Tibet, and also China.
	Tragopan caboti	Cabot's tragopan	provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Guangdong, China

References

1. Madge, S.; McGowan, P. (2002). "Genus Tragopan: tragopans (horned pheasants)". Pheasants, partridges and grouse: including buttonquails, sandgrouse and allies. London: Christopher Helm Publishers. pp. 280−286. ISBN 978-0-7136-3966-7.
2. Cuvier, Georges (1829). Le Règne animal distribué d'après son organisation : pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Nouvel Édition, Revue et Augmentée (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: Déterville. p. 479.
3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 389. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 October 2021.