Philippine trogon

The Philippine trogon (Harpactes ardens) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Philippine trogon

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Trogoniformes
Family: Trogonidae
Genus: Harpactes
Species:
H. ardens
Binomial name
Harpactes ardens
(Temminck, 1826)

Description

The males head and throat is black and its face is blue. The neck and mantle are brown, rump light brown with a rufous tail. The breast is light grey to pink, a red breast line and a paler red under pant. The females are duller in all colors.[2]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Reproduction

It builds its nest in a hole in a dead tree 6 meters up. Its clutch size is 3 eggs.[3]

Feeding

Not much is known, but, grasshoppers are plucked from branches.

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References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Harpactes ardens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2012-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2012-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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