tragopan

Any of several species of bird of the genus Tragopan, a short-tailed pheasant living in wet forests along the southern Himalayas. Tragopans are brilliantly coloured with arrays of spots, long crown feathers and two blue erectile crests. All have been reduced in numbers by destruction of their habitat. The western tragopan is the rarest, as a result of extensive deforestation.

Males inflate coloured wattles and throat pouches in their spring courtship displays.