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Blyth’s Tragopan

Tragopan blythii

• epic
• 44 km/h
• Vulnerable

Vulnerable and reclusive, haunting Himalayan mist forests few people ever enter. The harder-to-find tragopan.

Population

2,500–9,999 mature individuals (~3,500–15,000 total individuals), decreasing

Habitat

Mature subtropical/temperate evergreen broadleaf forest with dense undergrowth (often bamboo) and rhododendron forest, generally at 1,800–3,300 m elevation

Fun fact

Blyth's Tragopan is the state bird of Nagaland; breeding males court females by erecting a pair of fleshy blue "horns" above the eyes while inflating a vividly colored blue-and-red throat lappet.

Range

Northeastern India (Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram) through Bhutan, northern Myanmar, and adjacent southeastern Tibet/southwestern China

Diet

Omnivorous: seeds, berries, fruits, buds and shoots in the wild, supplemented with insects, worms and other invertebrates

Size

0.7 m

Lifespan

6.5 years