Family Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse (Phasianidae)
Vulnerable
Cabot's Tragopan (Tragopan caboti)
Taxonomy
French: Tragopan de Cabot German: Cabottragopan Spanish: Tragopán chino
Taxonomy:
Ceriornis Caboti
Gould
, 1857,China
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Subspecies and Distribution
T. c. guangxiensis
Cheng Tso-hsin & Wu Min-chuan, 1979 – S China (NE Guangxi).
T. c. caboti
(Gould, 1857) – SE China (Guangdong NE to Zhejiang).
Descriptive notes
Male c. 61 cm (tail c. 21 cm), 1400 g (one bird); female c. 50 cm (tail c. 16 cm), c. 900 g. Male is only Tragopan with buff breast, and is palest overall; has bare... read more
Voice
Advertising call (given only in breeding season, from a large branch) is double-noted, baby-like... read more
Habitat
Evergreen deciduous forest and mixed deciduous coniferous forest between 800 m and 2000 m,... read more
Food and feeding
A recent radio-tracking study found that in winter the species frequents areas rich in nuts of Lithocarpus and Cyclobalanopsis... read more
Breeding
Mating system appears to be mix of monogamy and polygamy; male remains with single female during early breeding season, but as incubation... read more
Movements
In Wuyanling Natural Reserve, Zhejiang, SE China, little vertical movement detected: occurs at 800... read more
Status and conservation
VULNERABLE. Mace Lande: caboti vulnerable; guangxiensis endangered. CITES I. Species has restricted range and occurs in Fujian Mountains Endemic Bird Area.... read more
One genetic study indicated that present species is most closely related to T. temminckii#R. Recent phylogenetic analyses strongly indicated existence of two reciprocally monophyletic clades (‘‘West group’’ and ‘‘East group’’) which were not consistent with present regional distribution of subspecies#R; further research needed. In original description of race guangxiensis, first author spelled his name Zheng Zuoxin. Two subspecies recognized.