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The Satyr tragopan (T. satyra) belongs to the family Phasianidae under the order Galliformes.
Satyr tragopan taxonomy
The Phasianidae is a family of ground-living birds like partridges, tragopans, pheasants, peafowls and chickens.The family Phasianidae was first introduced by Thomas Horsfield M.D. (May 12, 1773 – July 24, 1859), an American physician and naturalist, in the year 1821.
The family Phasianidae is tentatively divided into four subfamilies, viz., Perdicinae, Meleagridinae, Phasianinae and Tetraoninae. The subfamily Phasianinae was described by Thomas Horsfield.
The subfamily Phasianinae comprises sixteen genera, including genus Tragopan. This genus was introduced by Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), a French naturalist and zoologist, in the year 1829.
This genus is polytypic and comprises five species viz., T. melanocephalus, T. temminckii, T. blythii, T. caboti and T. satyra.
The species T. satyra was introduced by Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, in the year 1758
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Tragopan satyra |
| Species: | T. satyra |
| Genus: | Tragopan |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Satyr tragopan - T. satyra Photo by Estulif |
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| 2.Satyr tragopan - T. satyra Photo by Commander-pirx at German Wikipedia |
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| 3.Satyr tragopan - T. satyra Photo by Rejaul karim.rk |
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| 4.Satyr tragopan - T. satyra Photo by Sarah Gadd |
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| 5.Satyr tragopan - T. satyra Photo by Josh More |
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| 6.Satyr tragopan - T. satyra Photo by Quartl |
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| 7.Satyr tragopan - T. satyra Photo by Palickap |
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| 8.Satyr tragopan - T. satyra - juvenile Photo by Frank Vincentz |
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| 9.T. satyra - egg - Photo by Roger Culos |
1.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Satyr_Tragopan.jpg (cropped)
Author: Estulif | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 6/5/18
2.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org (cropped)
Author: Commander-pirx at German Wikipedia | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 6/5/18
3.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Rejaul karim.rk | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 6/5/18
4.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jezzebelle/498523828/
Author: Sarah Gadd | License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 as on 6/5/18
5.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/guppiecat/35491979772/in/photostream/
Author: Josh More | License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 as on 6/5/18
6.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Quartl | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 6/5/18
7.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki (cropped)
Author: Palickap | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 6/5/18
8.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ (cropped)
Author: Frank Vincentz | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 6/5/18
9.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Roger Culos | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 6/5/18
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