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The male is very dark, grey and black with numerous white spots, each spot bordered with black and deep crimson patches on the sides and back of the neck. The throat is bare with blue skin while the bare facial skin is red. They have a small black occipital crest. Females have pale brownish-grey upper parts finely vermiculated and spotted with black, and most of the feathers have black patches and central white streaks. Immature males resemble females, but are larger with longer legs and a variable amount of black on the head and red on neck. Males weigh 1.8–2.2 kg (4.0–4.
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When to see the Western Tragopan
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Western Tragopan
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Western Tragopan
The western tragopan or western horned tragopan is a medium-sized brightly plumed landfowl found along the range of Western Himalayas from north-eastern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northern Pakistan in the west to Uttarakhand within India to the east. The species is highly endangered and globally threatened.
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Easily confused with
Cabot's TragopanTragopan cabotiCabot's tragopan is a plump ground-dwelling bird with relatively short legs.
Temminck's TragopanTragopan temminckiiTemminck's tragopan is a medium-sized, approximately 64 cm long, pheasant in the genus Tragopan.
Blyth's TragopanTragopan blythiiBlyth's tragopan pheasant is the largest of the genus Tragopan.
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