Cabot's tragopan (Tragopan caboti) pheasant courtship display in full
Cabot's tragopan display, this beautiful pheasant is found in China and like all tragopans has an extraordinary courtship display, using a log or visual obstruction between the hen tragopan, the male creeps in and inflates the horns and throat lappet and pumps himself up to suddenly appear over the log to the female who is nearby. These displays are often abandoned if the female is not in the perfect position to view the display and I have observed several tragopan species tapping the log or flicking leaves to attract the female bird’s attention.
The video begins with the female Cabot’s foraging near the male’s display log. Display begins at 0.56 seconds.
This is a captive male, now in his 3rd year
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