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Tragopan temminckii
Diet
Berries, grass and other plants
Habitat
Mountain forest
Range
Mountains of far north-east India, central China, northern Myanmar and north-western Vietnam
Size
About 64cm
Temminck's tragopan is a medium-sized pheasant about 64 cm long. The male is a stocky red-and-orange bird with white-spotted plumage, a black bill and pink legs, and in display shows bare blue facial skin, an inflatable dark-blue lappet and horns. Females are white-spotted brown with blue circular eye skin. It looks like the satyr tragopan but has an all-red upper body and an orange collar (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is found across the mountains of far north-east India, central China, northern Myanmar and north-western Vietnam, and eats mainly berries, grass and other plants. SoIB 2023 rates it a High conservation priority and gives it a Very Restricted range in India of about 3,700 km² (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).