Other names : Gray
Abdomen tragopan.
Sub sorts : Tb
blythi and Tb Molesworthi. Generation of Tb blythi is about to cease.
Homeland : Northeast
India, Northeast Myanmar and South Tibet.
Description : It
is the biggest one of tragopans. Males of this fowl are brighty colored.
Hairless face is bright yellow. One black band extends from bottom of
beak toward head and another black band extends toward back of eye. Its
upper part of chest and neck are root red. Bottom part of chest and
abdomen are grayish and there exist mat stains. Back and other parts of
body are brownish red and there are many eye-shaped white stains. Yellow
stain on throat is not as long as other tragopans during the period of
flirtation. Females look like female satyr however they are bigger and
pale. They are blacky brown and have white and bright stains. It is
distinguished from temminck by absence of black and white dots at bottom
parts.
Reproduction time : in
March.
Reproduction age : second
year
Annual egg number : 2
- 5 eggs
Incubation period : This
the most rare sort of pheasant that is bred. Egg-laying boxes being hung
in cops are used as with the other tragopans. They are accustomed to
mountains therefore they can not well tolerate hot weather, thus they
need shadow during summer time. They are resistant to cold weather.
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