Tragopan is a bird genus in the pheasant family Phasianidae. Member of the genus are commonly called "horned pheasants" because males have two brightly colored, fleshy horns on their head that can be erected during courtship displays. The habit of tragopans to nest in trees is unique among phasianids.
Monals and tragopans are not pheasants "impeyan pheasant" and "horned pheasant" are actually both misnomers, the word "pheasant" refers exclusively to the subfamily Phasianinae and there are just thirty-two extant pheasant species: the Southern Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis affinis), the Northern Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus), the Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichii), the Kalij Pheasant (Euplocamus leucomelanos), the Silver Pheasant (Euplocamus nycthemerus), the Edwards's Pheasant (Gennecus edwardsi), the Swinhoe's Pheasant (Gennecus swinhoii), the Salvadori's Pheasant (Tropicophasis inornatus), the Bulwer's Pheasant (Lobiophasis bulweri), the Tibetan Eared Pheasant (Crossoptilon harmani), the Blue Eared Pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum), the White Eared Pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon), the Brown Eared Pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum), the Siamese Fireback (Lophura diardi), the Laotian Fireback (Lophura laotiensis), the Malayan Crestless Fireback (Lophura erythrophthalma), the Sumatran Crestless Fireback (Lophura sumatrana), the Bornean Crestless Fireback (Lophura pyronota), the Malayan Crested Fireback (Lophura rufa), the Sumatran Crested Fireback (Lophura indonesica), the Bornean Crested Fireback (Lophura ignita), the Reeves's Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii), the Mrs Hume's Pheasant (Calophasis humiae), the Elliot's Pheasant (Calophasis ellioti), the Mikado Pheasant (Nesophasis mikado), the Copper Pheasant (Graphephasianus soemmerringii), the Lady Amherst's Pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae), the Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus), the Black-Breasted Pheasant (Phasianus elegans), the Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), the Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus), and the Green Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), monals (genus Lophophorus) and tragopans (genus Tragopan) both belong to the subfamily Lophophorinae, which also contains the partridge-like yejakuns (genus Tetraophasis) and the quail-like sonakebaters (genus Chrysortyx), which are what monals and tragopans are respectively more closely related to than monals and tragopans are to pheasants, similarly, "koklass pheasant", "peacock pheasant", and "argus pheasant" are all misnomers for koklasses (genus Pucrasia), nartakees (genus Polyplectron), and arguses (subtribe Argusianina), which are also not technically pheasants despite being called as such, unlike monals and tragopans, koklasses, nartakees, and arguses are not phasianids, all three taxa actually belong to the Galloidea superfamily with koklasses (genus Pucrasia) belonging to the monotypic subfamily Pucrasiinae, which belongs to the family Tetraonidae, which more closely relates koklasses to the grouse (subfamily Tetraoninae) and turkeys (subfamily Meleagridinae) than to true pheasants and nartakees (genus Polyplectron) and arguses (subtribe Argusianina) both being offshoots of the subfamily Pavoninae, which belongs to the family Gallidae, making nartakees and arguses both more closely related to the chickens (genus Gallus), shizurens (genus Bambusicola), francolins (subtribe Francolinina), spurfowl (tribe Galloperdicini), senlinaos (genus Sinortyx), ropohons (genus Sondaicornis), jinegus (genus Arboricola), daoiren (Oreoperdix crudigularis), peafowl (subtribe Pavonina), wajameras (genus Haematortyx), rohutans (subtribe Tropicoperdicina), snowcocks (genus Tetraogallus), chungchis (genus Excalfactoria), alavorona (Margaroperdix madagascarensis), and shabalrimals (genus Ammoperdix) than to true pheasants, because nartakees and arguses are pavonines and not true pheasants, the nartakees and arguses would have much closer affinity with the peafowl, wajameras, rohutans, snowcocks, chungchis, alavorona, and shabalrimals with arguses (subtribe Argusianina) allied with peafowl (subtribe Pavonina) under the tribe Pavonini and nartakees (genus Polyplectron) allied with the wajameras (genus Haematortyx) and rohutans (subtribe Tropicoperdicina) under the tribe Polyplectronini, where nartakees and wajameras both constitute the subtribe Polyplectronina.
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Tragopans are not pheasants.
they are the sub-family of pheasants
Tragopan is a bird genus in the pheasant family Phasianidae. Member of the genus are commonly called "horned pheasants" because males have two brightly colored, fleshy horns on their head that can be erected during courtship displays. The habit of tragopans to nest in trees is unique among phasianids.
Monals and tragopans are not pheasants "impeyan pheasant" and "horned pheasant" are actually both misnomers, the word "pheasant" refers exclusively to the subfamily Phasianinae and there are just thirty-two extant pheasant species: the Southern Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis affinis), the Northern Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus), the Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichii), the Kalij Pheasant (Euplocamus leucomelanos), the Silver Pheasant (Euplocamus nycthemerus), the Edwards's Pheasant (Gennecus edwardsi), the Swinhoe's Pheasant (Gennecus swinhoii), the Salvadori's Pheasant (Tropicophasis inornatus), the Bulwer's Pheasant (Lobiophasis bulweri), the Tibetan Eared Pheasant (Crossoptilon harmani), the Blue Eared Pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum), the White Eared Pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon), the Brown Eared Pheasant (Crossoptilon mantchuricum), the Siamese Fireback (Lophura diardi), the Laotian Fireback (Lophura laotiensis), the Malayan Crestless Fireback (Lophura erythrophthalma), the Sumatran Crestless Fireback (Lophura sumatrana), the Bornean Crestless Fireback (Lophura pyronota), the Malayan Crested Fireback (Lophura rufa), the Sumatran Crested Fireback (Lophura indonesica), the Bornean Crested Fireback (Lophura ignita), the Reeves's Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii), the Mrs Hume's Pheasant (Calophasis humiae), the Elliot's Pheasant (Calophasis ellioti), the Mikado Pheasant (Nesophasis mikado), the Copper Pheasant (Graphephasianus soemmerringii), the Lady Amherst's Pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae), the Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus), the Black-Breasted Pheasant (Phasianus elegans), the Black-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), the Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus), and the Green Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), monals (genus Lophophorus) and tragopans (genus Tragopan) both belong to the subfamily Lophophorinae, which also contains the partridge-like yejakuns (genus Tetraophasis) and the quail-like sonakebaters (genus Chrysortyx), which are what monals and tragopans are respectively more closely related to than monals and tragopans are to pheasants, similarly, "koklass pheasant", "peacock pheasant", and "argus pheasant" are all misnomers for koklasses (genus Pucrasia), nartakees (genus Polyplectron), and arguses (subtribe Argusianina), which are also not technically pheasants despite being called as such, unlike monals and tragopans, koklasses, nartakees, and arguses are not phasianids, all three taxa actually belong to the Galloidea superfamily with koklasses (genus Pucrasia) belonging to the monotypic subfamily Pucrasiinae, which belongs to the family Tetraonidae, which more closely relates koklasses to the grouse (subfamily Tetraoninae) and turkeys (subfamily Meleagridinae) than to true pheasants and nartakees (genus Polyplectron) and arguses (subtribe Argusianina) both being offshoots of the subfamily Pavoninae, which belongs to the family Gallidae, making nartakees and arguses both more closely related to the chickens (genus Gallus), shizurens (genus Bambusicola), francolins (subtribe Francolinina), spurfowl (tribe Galloperdicini), senlinaos (genus Sinortyx), ropohons (genus Sondaicornis), jinegus (genus Arboricola), daoiren (Oreoperdix crudigularis), peafowl (subtribe Pavonina), wajameras (genus Haematortyx), rohutans (subtribe Tropicoperdicina), snowcocks (genus Tetraogallus), chungchis (genus Excalfactoria), alavorona (Margaroperdix madagascarensis), and shabalrimals (genus Ammoperdix) than to true pheasants, because nartakees and arguses are pavonines and not true pheasants, the nartakees and arguses would have much closer affinity with the peafowl, wajameras, rohutans, snowcocks, chungchis, alavorona, and shabalrimals with arguses (subtribe Argusianina) allied with peafowl (subtribe Pavonina) under the tribe Pavonini and nartakees (genus Polyplectron) allied with the wajameras (genus Haematortyx) and rohutans (subtribe Tropicoperdicina) under the tribe Polyplectronini, where nartakees and wajameras both constitute the subtribe Polyplectronina.