2005年11月至2006年3月,在四川省石棉县栗子坪省级自然保护区对低海拔区域(海拔1800—2400m)红腹角雉Tragopantemminckii雌鸟和亚成体冬季集群行为进行了调查。结果表明:红腹角雉的雌鸟和亚成体以单独活动的个体居多,占44.4%,其它依次为3只群、2只群和4只群。群体的规模较小,最大群体为4只。在集群类型上,家族群可能是主要集群类型,但还有待验证。红腹角雉雌鸟和亚成体集群的个体和单独活动个体在取食行为的时间分配上有显著差异,集群的个体用于取食的时间比例要高于单独活动的个体。在警戒、休息和移动行为时间分配上没有显著差异,但单独活动个体用于警戒的时间比例要高于集群的个体。本研究的结果验证了动物集群的反捕食假说,集群活动的个体有更多的取食时间。
From November 2005 to March 2006, the flocking behaviors of Temminek's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii) were studied at Liziping Nature Reserve (Shimian county, Sichuan province, China). The results showed that group size of female and juvenile Temminek's tragopan was relatively small, and the biggest floek observed had four individuals. Within the 36 observations, 16 were separate individual (44. 4% ). There was significant difference of time used on feeding between the group members and separate individuals, and time used on feeding of the group members was higher than the separate ones. No significant difference on time used on vigilance, rest and move was observed between the group members and separate individuals. However, time used on vigilance of separate individuals was higher than the group members. The results of this study confirm the anti-predation hypothesis, which proposes that the group members will spend more time on feeding than the separate individuals.