Cabot’s tragopan

Description

Cabot's tragopan is a plump ground-dwelling bird with relatively short legs.The male grows to a length of about 60 cm (24 in) and a weight of around 1.4 kg (3 lb) while the female is about 10 cm (4 in) shorter and weighs around 0.9 kg (2 lb).The head of the male is black with reddish-orange streaks on either side and on the neck and similar-coloured bare skin on the cheeks and around the eye.Below the beak dangle blue and orange decorative,inflatable wattles and there are a pair of fleshy blue "horns" over the eyes.The upper parts of the body are reddish-brown,with large buff markings and the underparts are straw-coloured.The female is altogether a less-colourful bird.The head and upper parts are reddish-brown spotted with black and marked with triangular-shaped white patches and the underparts are greyish-brown with white markings.