Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Temminck's tragopan

  The Temminck's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii) is a medium-sized, approximately 64 cm long, pheasant in the genus Tragopan. The male is a stocky red-and-orange bird with white-spotted plumage, black bill and pink legs. It has a bare blue facial skin, inflatable dark-blue lappet and horns. The female is a white-spotted brown bird with blue circular eye skin.

  • Series: Pheasants
  • Country: North Korea
  • Year: 1976-05-05
  • Emission: Commemorative
  • Perforation: comb 13
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Size: 52 x 34 mm
  • Face value: 25 North Korean chon 
  • Number of catalogue Michel: KP 1504