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Satyr Tragopan : The Gem of Mountains

More than three years of search and thousand time visiting ‘Khaliya Jungal ‘ at Munsyari, Uttarakhand. finally I got this bird first time in april 2017 near Khaliya top. That day I was after male Monal Birds, I was trying to get his photo but suddenly I show ‘satyr tragopan’ was crossing my way, I was shocked …. Totally, but good thing was I did not forget to clicking his photos and luckily I got some nice photos. It was my first encounter with this beautiful birds than I try to understand about his food habits, life style and habitat and soon I understand that, it’s very difficult to know much about this birds because this bird reside in moist oak and rhododendron forests with dense undergrowth and bamboo clumps but years of study I found that like others animal or birds they have there on territory. And more interesting thing is when it is mating season, male satyr tragopans grow blue horns and a Blue & Red wattle. When ready to display, they will inflate their hor...
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Khaliya top Trek

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Basic Information About Munsyari

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