Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii

Tragopans are named after goats because the male has fleshy, retractable "horns," the Latin for goat being tragus and Pan being a half-goat god. They are also called horny pheasants. They are a type of pheasant that nests in trees and they are native to the Himalayas and southeast Asia. Temminck's Tragopan is native to northeast India, Tibet, Vietnam and China.

Sometimes called the most beautiful pheasant (presumably by people that have never seen a peacock, a monal or a Palawan peacock-pheasant), it is a beautiful tragopan and particularly striking when the male extends the inflatable flaps down from his bright blue face against his orange collar and red plumage with white lace studded with pearls.

As usual with pheasants, the female Tragopan is plainer (but still patterned) and well-camouflaged.

The blue face with extendable blue and red flaps and the inflatable "horns" which are both part of the tragopan's courtship display.