Cabot’s tragopan  (Tragopan caboti)

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.
  • Re-introductions: attempts to establish a native species back into an area where it previously occurred.
  • Territory: areas occupied and defended by an animal, a pair of animals or a colony.
  • Treeline: the upper limits of tree growth in mountains or at high latitudes.

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. BirdLife International (August, 2006)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=241&m=0
  5. Delacour, J. (1951) The Pheasants of the World.Country Life Ltd., London.
  6. gbwf.org: Dedicated to the Aviculture and Conservation of the World’s Galliformes (August, 2006)
    http://www.gbwf.org/pheasants/tragopan_cabots.html
  7. BirdLife International. (2001) Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book.BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
  8. Zoological Museum of the University of Amsterdam (August, 2006)
    http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/zma3d/detail.php?id=125&sort=taxon&type=family
  9. St Louis Zoo (May, 2008)
    http://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/birds/pheasantscurassowsguans/cabotstragopan.htm
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