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.

Taxonomy

The genus Tragopan was introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1829 for the satyr tragopan. The name tragopan is a mythical horned purple-headed bird mentioned by the Roman authors Pliny and Pomponius Mela.
The genus contains five species.

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