Temminck’s tragopan  (Tragopan temminckii)

Range

Temminck’s tragopan is wide-ranging across the eastern Himalayan mountains, being found in eastern India, China, Bhutan, Myanmar and Vietnam (1) (3). The species migrates vertically up and down the mountain slopes according to the seasons, spending the cold winters at lower altitudes, and moving to higher altitudes as the temperature rises during spring (3).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Found in evergreen and mixed forest, often where there is dense rhododendron and bamboo (2), between 3,000 and 12,000 ft above sea level (4).

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