Cabot's Tragopan

Cabottragopan ( Tragopan caboti )

The Cabottragopan ( Tragopan caboti ) is a species of the family of the pheasant -like. It is native to East Asia, and is east of the sister species Temmincktragopan and Schwarzkopftragopan ago. There are two recognized subspecies.

Appearance

The males reach a height of about 61 inches and weigh an average of 1.4 kilograms. The females are smaller and reach a height of 50 centimeters. They weigh an average of 900 grams. The body is stout, the tail is short. In adult males, the sides of the head, the neck, and the featherless parts of the head are orange-yellow. The full adult plumage is formed in the second year. On the head they wear on both sides by crown cavernous erectile meat stud on the throat a latzartige, sparsely feathered and brightly colored, swellable skin. The remaining part of the head is black. The body top is maroon with large bright spots. The chest and lower abdomen are creamy white. The plumage of females is dominated by shades of brown.

Distribution and habitat

The Cabottragopan occurs in southeastern China. The range extends from the northeast of Guangxi to northern Guangdong and Hunan to the south-east, the north-west of Fujian and southern Zhejiang. The population is fragmented and only occurs in isolated, largely untouched forests.

The habitat are evergreen forests and mixed forests. In winter, the animals come before between 800 and 1,000 meters above sea level; in summer they keep on in layers 800-1400 meters.

Way of life

The Cabottragopan feeds on nuts and the seeds of some trees. The breeding season begins in March. The males remain at the beginning of the breeding season, first with a female. Once this breeds, the males socialize with other males or mate again with a female.

The clutch consists of three to five eggs. The female alone cares for the young.

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