Tragopan

Tragopan is a bird genus in the pheasant family Phasianidae. Member of the genus are colloquially called "horned pheasants" because males have two brightly colored, fleshy horns on their head that can be erected during courtship displays, despite this name, they are not true pheasants and are not closely related to them. The habit of tragopans to nest in trees is unique among phasianids.<ref name=Madge2002>Template:Cite book</ref>

Taxonomy

The genus Tragopan was introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1829 for the satyr tragopan.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The name tragopan is a mythical horned purple-headed bird mentioned by the Roman authors Pliny and Pomponius Mela.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The genus contains five species.<ref name=ioc>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Image	Name	Common name	Distribution
File:WesternTragopan.jpg	Tragopan melanocephalus	Western tragopan	Kohistan, Kaghan valley, Kishtwar, Chamba, Kullu and an area east of the Satluj river, Pakistan
File:Satyr Tragopan.jpg	Tragopan satyra	Satyr tragopan	India, Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan.
File:Temminck Tragopan.jpg	Tragopan temminckii	Temminck's tragopan	northern Myanmar to northwestern Tonkin.
File:Tragopan blythii01.jpg	Tragopan blythii	Blyth's tragopan	Bhutan through northeast India, north Myanmar to southeast Tibet, and also China.
File:Tragopan caboti.JPG	Tragopan caboti	Cabot's tragopan	provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Guangdong, China