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Tragopan blythii

Female
Photo by James Eaton
Nagaland, north-eastern India

Identification

Male

• Rusty red head
• Bare yellow facial skin
• Yellow wattle
• Small white dots on back
• Black band from the base of bill to crown
• Black band behind eyes
• Two pale blue horns (erected during mating)
  

Female

• Dark brown plumage
• Black, buff and white mottling

Male subspecies molesworthii
Artwork by bru.b

Distribution

Himalayas of north-eastern India, Bhutan, Tibet, extreme south-western China and Myanmar.

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

• T. b. blythii:

• Himalayas of north-eastern India to south-western China and adjacent Myanmar

• T. b. molesworthi in eastern Himalayas (eastern Bhutan, adjacent Tibet, and northeastern India in Arunachal Pradesh)

Habitat

Undergrowth of evergreen oak and rhododendron forests.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes seeds, berries, fruits, and buds.

Breeding

They nest in trees and bushes. The 2-5 eggs are incubated for 28 days.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2) DRAFT. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Blyth's Tragopan. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blyth%27s_Tragopan

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