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Cabot's tragopan

Tragopan caboti (Gould, 1857)

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The cabot's tragopan (Tragopan caboti) is a species in the family Phasianidae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh 1 kg to 1.4 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Cabot's tragopan (Tragopan caboti)
Photo: Sun Jiao (Interaccoonale) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the cabot's tragopan

Weight
1 kg – 1.4 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
28 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3.9 – 4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cabot's tragopan live?

Not recorded

What is the cabot's tragopan?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Cabot's tragopan (Tragopan caboti) is a pheasant found in south-east China. The common and scientific names of this large bird both commemorate the ornithologist Samuel Cabot III. Other common names include the Chinese tragopan and the yellow-bellied tragopan. The population is divided into two subspecies, of which the dominant subspecies is found in the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Guangdong, and T. c. guangxiensis is confined to northeastern Guangxi and southern Hunan. The IUCN has assessed it as being a "vulnerable species".

From the Wikipedia article “Cabot's tragopan” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cabot%27s_tragopan&oldid=1375473646), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the cabot's tragopan endangered?

The cabot's tragopan is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the cabot's tragopan classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGalliformes
  5. familyPhasianidae
  6. genusTragopan
  7. SpeciesTragopan caboti (Gould, 1857)
Other names and names in other languages (48)
  • Cabot's tragopan pheasantEnglish
  • Cabot’s tragopanEnglish
  • Cabot’s tragopanEnglish
  • Cabot’s tragopanEnglish
  • Yellow-billed tragopanEnglish
  • Yellow-billed tragopanEnglish
  • ترجبان كابوتArabic
  • دراج المقرن كابوتArabic
  • Трагопан на КаботBulgarian
  • Tragopan CabotBreton
  • satyr CabotůvCzech
  • satyr perlovýCzech
  • ffesant gorniog CabotWelsh
  • Cabot´ TragopanDanish
  • Cabots TragopanDanish
  • CabottragopanGerman
  • Cabot-TragopanGerman
  • flavaventra tragopanoEsperanto
  • Flavabdomena tragopanoEsperanto
  • Tragopán chinoSpanish
  • Tragopán ArlequínSpanish
  • Tragopán de CabotSpanish
  • hele-helmesfaasan (heletragopan)Estonian
  • قرقاول شاخدار کبوتPersian
  • kiinantragopaaniFinnish
  • Tragopan de CabotFrench
  • pjegavi tragopanCroatian
  • mandarintragopánHungarian
  • Tragopan di CabotItalian
  • ジュケイJapanese
  • Kaboto satyrasLithuanian
  • Cabots SaterhoenDutch
  • gallafasanNorwegian
  • tragopan plamistyPolish
  • کیبٹ بن ککڑWestern Panjabi
  • tragopã-de-peito-brancoPortuguese
  • tragopana-de-peito-brancoPortuguese
  • Китайский трагопанRussian
  • Буробрюхий трагопанRussian
  • tragopan perlavýSlovak
  • Пегави трагопанSerbian
  • Pegavi tragopanSerbian
  • fujiantragopanSwedish
  • Sarıca TragopanTurkish
  • трагопан плямистийUkrainian
  • Gà lôi CabotVietnamese
  • 黃腹角雉Chinese
  • 黄腹角雉Chinese

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Relatives of the cabot's tragopan

Other species in the same genus Tragopan.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the cabot's tragopan?

An adult cabot's tragopan weighs 1 kg – 1.4 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the cabot's tragopan endangered?

The cabot's tragopan is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the cabot's tragopan?

The cabot's tragopan (Tragopan caboti) belongs to the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cabot's tragopan (Tragopan caboti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cabots-tragopan

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{cabots_tragopan_2026,
  title = {Cabot's tragopan (Tragopan caboti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cabots-tragopan},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}