Himachal Pradesh’s State bird – Western Tragopan (Tragopan-melanocephalus) has been facing habitat loss in parts of the country.
But because of authorities’ efforts, there has been a gradual increase in the population of this species at the State’s Sarahan pheasantry, the conservation breeding centre.
Its population has steadily gone up over the past two decades.
The bird has a disjunct distribution in the northwest Himalayas from north Pakistan (Indus-Kohistan district) to India, including Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, and the western parts of Uttarakhand.