Blyth’s tragopan  (Tragopan blythii)

Species information

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Glossary

  • Invertebrates: animals with no backbone.
  • Lappet: wattle: a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly coloured fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards.
  • Subspecies: a population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (May, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (1994) Handbook of the Birds of the World - New World Vultures To Guineafowl. Vol. 2.Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
  3. CITES (June, 2006)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Birding in India and South Asia (August, 2006)
    http://www.birding.in/birds/Galliformes/blyths_tragopan.htm
  5. BirdLife International (August, 2006)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=239&m=0
  6. Delacour, J. (1951) The Pheasants of the World.Country Life Ltd., London.
  7. BirdLife International. (2001) Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book.BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
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