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Short-tailed pheasant (bird) of which there
are several species living in wet forests
along the S Himalayas. Tragopans are
brilliantly coloured with arrays of spots,
long crown feathers and two blue erectile
crests. All have been reduced in numbers by
destruction of their habitat. The western
tragopan is the rarest, as a result of
extensive deforestation. Males inflate
coloured wattles and throat pouches in their
spring courtship displays.