Javan trogon

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Javan trogon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Trogoniformes
Family: Trogonidae
Genus: Apalharpactes
Species:
A. reinwardtii
Binomial name
Apalharpactes reinwardtii
(Temminck, 1822)
Synonyms

Harpactes reinwardtii

The Javan trogon (Apalharpactes reinwardtii) is a species of

Trogonidae. The species was once lumped together with the Sumatran trogon in a single species, the blue-tailed trogon, but differences in size, weight, and plumage have led to the two being split.[2] These two species were once lumped with the rest of the Asian trogons in the genus Harpactes
, but have been split into their genus due to differences in plumage.

The Javan trogon is

endemic to western Java in Indonesia
.

Its natural

montane forests
. It is threatened by
habitat loss
.

References

  1. . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Collar, N. & Van Ballen, S. (2002). "The Blue-tailed Trogon Harpactes (Apalharpactes) reinwardtii: species limits and conservation status" Forktail 18 121-125

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