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Tragopan

Genus of birds

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Species Tragopan blythii Family Phasianidae
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Taxonomy

The genus Tragopan was introduced by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1829 for the satyr tragopan. The name tragopan is a mythical horned purple-headed bird mentioned by the Roman authors Pliny and Pomponius Mela.

The genus contains five species.

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