Bird behaviour, no matter from hereditary or acquired through learning, id an adaptation to the environment condition. Total of 41 infrared-triggered cameras were set at the selected locations from 444 m to 2 133 m in altitude to record the diurnal behavior and time budget of the Cabot′s tragopan (Tragopan caboti) within their habitat range in Jiangxi Wuyishan National Nature Reserve, China from Jan. 2012 to Nov.2014. Each of the infrared-triggered camera′s was set more than 250 d. Of 23 recorded on 314 individuals of Cabot′s Tragopan, including 229 males and 85 females with a effective video of 4 447 seconds. The tragopan were active 11-13 hour during daytime and the feeding, moving and resting behaviour took 97.08% of the total active duration. The average feeding time was varied significantly with seasons (P < 0.05), while the average time for both moving and resting was not different significantly (P > 0.05, Table 1). However, the average time spent in feeding and preening was varied significantly between males and females (P < 0.05, Table 2). The feeding time of females was concentrated in the morning, but males concentrated their feeding in the evening before they slept. In the breeding season the wild Cabot′s tragopan showed a similar behavior pattern with those kept in the captivity, however, the time budget on each behavior was difference between them. The time duration spent by the birds in wild was feeding > moving > resting, while for the birds in the captivity was resting > moving > feeding. The difference in time budget between male and female was clearly, however, the mechanism behind them remained unclear and needed more work in the future. Currently, the habitat with abundant food resource and little human disturbance for Cabot′s tragopan are protected well in Jiangxi Wuyishan, and this will play a key role in conservation for the wild population of the Cabot′sTragopan′s.