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You should know about Tragopan Temminckii

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Tragopan is a pheasant species found along the Himalayas and one of the highly endangered and globally threatened bird . Male Temminck's tragopan has very attractive crest , neck and breast with bright orange collar .

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Their diet consists mainly of berries, grass and plants. They gathered their food from the forest floor.

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This species of tragopan is named after the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.

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Temminck’s are notoriously shy birds and unlike most pheasants they prefer to nest in trees.

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The Tragopan genus has five species: the western tragopan, the satyr tragopan, Blyth's tragopan, Temminck's tragopan and Cabot's tragopan. The first four are found in India and the last one can be found only in China.

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Temminck’s tragopans are found in damp evergreen forests where they favour areas of densely growing rhododendron and bamboo. They are native to the eastern Himalayan mountains and migrate up and down the slopes depending on the temperature and time of year, venturing to higher altitudes during the warmer months.

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