Temminck's tragopan Tragopan temminckii pheasant courtship display in full 60fps Jonathan Pointer

Temminck's tragopan display, this beautiful pheasant found across Northern Asia has an extraordinary courtship display, using a log or visual obstruction between the female tragopan, the male creeps in and inflates the hidden 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 before the male begins the full display.

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This is a captive male that I have kept for 8 years, his name is Siegfried :D

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