Philippine trogon
| Philippine trogon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Trogoniformes |
| Family: | Trogonidae |
| Genus: | Harpactes |
| Species: | H. ardens
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| Binomial name | |
| Harpactes ardens (Temminck, 1826)
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The Philippine trogon (Harpactes ardens) is a species of
endemic to the Philippines.[2]
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.[3]
Habitat
Its natural
montane forest
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It is common in forest and secondary growth, and it is usually found alone or in pairs perched 5 to 10 m from the ground in a dark recess on a vine or branch in the understory.
Reproduction
It builds its nest in a hole in a dead tree 6 meters up. Its clutch size is 3 eggs.[4]
Feeding
Not much is known, but, grasshoppers are plucked from branches.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harpactes ardens.
Wikispecies has information related to Harpactes ardens.
- . Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ Limos (2020). This Colorful Bird is the Real-Life Ibong Adarna from Philippine Myth. Esquire.
- ^ "Philippine Trogon (Harpactes ardens) » Planet of Birds". Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
- ^ "Philippine Trogon (Harpactes ardens) » Planet of Birds". Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2012.