Genus Ithaginis
"irregular from Greek ithagenēs legitimate, aboriginal"
Blood Pheasant, Ithaginis cruentus
"irregular from Greek ithagenēs legitimate, aboriginal"
Blood Pheasant, Ithaginis cruentus
Genus Tragopan
These birds are commonly called "horny pheasants" because of two brightly colored, fleshy horns on their heads that they can erect during courtship displays. The scientific name refers to this, being a composite of tragus (billy goat) and the ribald half-goat deity Pan.
Western Tragopan, Tragopan melanocephalus
Western Tragopan, Tragopan melanocephalus
Satyr Tragopan, Tragopan satyra
Blyth's Tragopan, Tragopan blythii
Temminck's Tragopan, Tragopan temminckii
Cabot's Tragopan, Tragopan caboti
Genus Pucrasia
Name comes from the Garhwali name Pukras (pokras, koklas) for the Koklas Pheasant
Koklass Pheasant, Pucrasia macrolopha
There are several different subspecies
These ones remind me of partridges.
"Perdicinae is a subfamily of birds in the pheasant family, that includes the partridges, the snowcocks, the francolins, the spurfowl and the Old World quail."
These ones remind me of partridges.
"Perdicinae is a subfamily of birds in the pheasant family, that includes the partridges, the snowcocks, the francolins, the spurfowl and the Old World quail."
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