Tragopan

Tragopan

Taxobox
name = Tragopans


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Blyth's Tragopan ("Tragopan blythii")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Galliformes
familia = Phasianidae
genus = "Tragopan"
genus_authority = Cuvier, 1829

Tragopan is a genus of bird in the family Phasianidae. These birds are commonly called "horned pheasants" because of two brightly-colored, fleshy horns on their heads that they can erect during courtship displays. The scientific name refers to this, being a composite of "tragus" (billy goat) and the ribald half-goat deity "Pan" (and in the case of the Satyr Tragopan, adding Pan's companions for even more emphasis).

There are five recognized species of Tragopans.

*Western Tragopan "Tragopan melanocephalus"
*Satyr Tragopan "Tragopan satyra"
*Temminck's Tragopan "Tragopan temminckii"
*Blyth's Tragopan "Tragopan blythii"
*Cabot's Tragopan "Tragopan caboti"

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