Kohima, April 5 (MExN): A male Tragopan Blythii Blythii to Blyths Tragopan Conservation & Breeding Centre (BTCBC), Kohima by the family of Inato Khujumi from Niu Colony Zunheboto.
Keneikrul, Officer in charge, BTCBC in a press release stated that DFO Zunheboto Tokaho has transported and released the pheasant to the Centre.
The donated bird has been kept in quarantine condition and will be allowed to interact with the existing stock after a specified time. The annual breeding season of the Tragopan Blythii Blythii has begun this month and it may be mentioned that the calls of the male Tragopan is prominently heard during dawn and dusk hours in places where they are found. The Centre hopes and looks forward to a successful breeding season.
