Philippine trogon

Philippine trogon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Trogoniformes
Family:Trogonidae
Genus:Harpactes
Species: H. ardens
Binomial name
Harpactes ardens
(Temminck, 1826)

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

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.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Harpactes ardens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.planetofbirds.com/trogoniformes-trogonidae-philippine-trogon-harpactes-ardens
  3. ↑ http://www.planetofbirds.com/trogoniformes-trogonidae-philippine-trogon-harpactes-ardens
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