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Western Tragopan

Tragopan melanocephalus (Gray, JE 1829)

The western tragopan or western horned tragopan is a medium-sized brightly plumed pheasant found along the Himalayas from north-eastern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northern Pakistan in the west to Uttarakhand within India to the east. The species is highly endangered and globally threatened. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Galliformes
Family:
  Phasianidae
Genus:
   Tragopan
Scientific:
  Tragopan melanocephalus

Original description

Citation:
  (Gray, JE 1829)

Reference:
   Anim. Kingd. arr. Cuvier [Griffith] 8 p.29

Imprint year:
  1829

Protonym:
  Phasianus Melanocephalus

Type locality:
  Almorah, India.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33169859

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  44BD6CF10F289FE5

Avibase ID:
  avibase-44BD6CF1

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/44BD6CF1

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176063


VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

  • Tragopan melanocephalus: Himalayas of northern Pakistan to northwestern India and adjacent southwestern Tibet
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Western Tragopan
Catalan:
Tragopan occidental
Czech:
satyr černohlavý
Danish:
Vestlig Tragopan
German:
Schwarzkopftragopan
Spanish:
Tragopán Dorsigrís
Spanish (Spain):
Tragopán Dorsigrís
Finnish:
kashmirintragopaani
French:
Tragopan de Hastings
Croatian:
mrki tragopan
Hungarian:
Kasmír-tragopán
Italian:
Tragopan occidentale
Japanese (romaji):
haiirojukei
Japanese:
ハイイロジュケイ
Lithuanian:
Juodagalvis satyras
Dutch:
Zwartkapsaterhoen
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Juvelfasan
Norwegian:
Juvelfasan
Polish:
tragopan rudolicy
Portuguese:
Tragopã-de-dorso-cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal):
tragopã-de-dorso-cinzento
Russian:
Черноголовый трагопан
Slovak:
tragopan čiernohlavý
Serbian:
Mrki tragopan
Swedish:
västlig tragopan
Ukrainian:
Трагопан чорноголовий
Chinese:
黑头角雉
Chinese (Traditional):
黑頭角雉

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Tragopan de Hastings ( Tragopan melanocephalus)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Tragopan de Hastings ( Tragopan melanocephalus)
Clements 1st edition:
Western Horned Pheasant ( Tragopan melanocephalus)
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Western Tragopan ( Tragopan melanocephalus)
Oriental Bird Club:
Western Tragopan ( Tragopan melanocephalus)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Tragopan melanocephalus
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Tragopan melanocephalus
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Tragopan melanocephalus
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Tragopan melanocephalus
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Tragopan melanocephalus

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: Tragopan occidental
Montenegrin: mrki tragopan, мрки трагопан
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): мрки трагопан
Czech: Satyr cernohlavý, satyr černohlavý
Danish: Vestlig Tragopan
German: Hasting Tragopan, Schwarzkopf-Sat, Schwarzkopftragopan
English: Black-headed Tragopan, Western Horned Pheasant, Western Horned Tragopan, Western Tragopan, western tragopan pheasant
English, HBW: Western Tragopan
English (IOC): Western Tragopan
English (United States): Western Tragopan
Esperanto: Nigrakapa tragopano
Spanish: Tragopán Dorsigrís, Tragopán oriental, Trogopán Oriental
Spanish (Spain): Tragopán Dorsigrís
Spanish (HBW): Western Tragopan
Estonian: tõmmu-helmesfaasan, tõmmu-helmesfaasan (tõmmutragopan), tõmmutragopan
Finnish: Kashmirintragopaani
French: Tragopan à tête noire, Tragopan de Hasting, Tragopan de Hastings
Croatian: mrki tragopan
Hungarian: Kasmír-tragopán
Italian: Tragopan occidentale, Tragopano di Hasting
Japanese (romaji): haiirojukei
Japanese: ハイイロジュケイ
Kazakh: қарабас трагопан
Kirghiz: кара баш трагопан
Scientific: Phasianus Melanocephalus, Phasianus nepaulensis, Tragopan melanocephalus, Tragopan melanocephaus
Lithuanian: Juodagalvis satyras
Latvian: melngalvas tragopāns
Maltese: tragopan tal-Punent
Dutch: Zwartkapsaterhoen
Norwegian Nynorsk: Juvelfasan
Norwegian: Juvelfasan
Polish: tragopan rudolicy
Portuguese: Tragopã-de-dorso-cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal): tragopã-de-dorso-cinzento
Russian: Черноголовый трагопан
Slovak: tragopan ciernohlavý, tragopan čiernohlavý
Serbian: Mrki tragopan, Zapadni tragopan
Swedish: Västlig tragopan
Turkish: Karaca Tragopan
Ukrainian: Трагопан чорноголовий
Chinese: 黑头角雉
Chinese (Traditional): 黑頭角雉

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