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Tragopan temminckii

Temminck's tragopan ,Tragopan temminckii, Photo: Michael Lahanas

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis: Sarcopterygii
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Pangalloanserae
Cladus: Galloanseres
Ordo: Galliformes

Familia: Phasianidae
Subfamilia: Phasianinae
Genus: Tragopan
Species: Tragopan temminckii
Name

Tragopan temminckii (J. E. Gray, 1831)
Synonymy

Satyra temminckii (protonym)

References

Illustrations of Indian zoology 1 (9): pl.50 BHL
IUCN: Tragopan temminckii (Least Concern)

Vernacular names
български: Tragopan temminckii
brezhoneg: Tragopan Temminck
català: Tragopan de Temminck
čeština: Satyr Temminckův
Cymraeg: Ffesant gorniog Temminck
Deutsch: Temmincktragopan
English: Temminck's Tragopan
Esperanto: Ĉina tragopano
فارسی: قرقاول شاخ‌دار تمینیک
suomi: Himalajantragopaani
français: Tragopan de Temminck
עברית: טרגופן טמינק
हिन्दी: टॅमिन्क ट्रॅगोपॅन
magyar: Kéktorkú tragopán
日本語: ベニジュケイ
Nederlands: Temminck tragopan
polski: Tragopan modrolicy
پنجابی: ٹیمنک دا ٹریگوپان
русский: Глазчатый трагопан
српски / srpski: Теминков трагопан
svenska: Temmincktragopan
Tiếng Việt: Gà lôi tía
Bân-lâm-gú: Âng-pak Thī-ke
中文: 红腹角雉

The Temminck's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii) is a medium-sized, approximately 64 cm long, pheasant in the genus Tragopan. The male is a stocky red-and-orange bird with white-spotted plumage, black bill and pink legs. The male's display features include bare blue facial skin, inflatable dark-blue lappet and horns. The females are a white-spotted brown with blue circular eye skin.

Its appearance resembles the satyr tragopan, but unlike the latter species it has a all red upperbody plumage and a orange collar. The diet consists mainly of berries, grass and plants.

The Temminck's tragopan is found across the mountains of far northeast India, central China, far northern Myanmar to northwestern Tonkin.

Widespread and a common species throughout its large habitat range, the Temminck's tragopan is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.[2]
References

BirdLife International (2016). "Tragopan temminckii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22679169A92805480. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679169A92805480.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 335–336.

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