Diards Trogon (Harpactes diardii)

Diards Trogon

Subspecies

Monotypic species

Genus

The trogons are split into three subfamilies, each reflecting one of these splits, Aplodermatinae is the African subfamily and contains a single genus, Apaloderma; Harpactinae is the Asian subfamily and contains two genera, Harpactes and Apalharpactes. Apalharpactes, consisting of two species in the Java and Sumatra, has only recently been accepted as a separate genus from Harpactes. Harpactes is a genus of birds found in forests in South and Southeast Asia, extending into southernmost China. They are strongly sexually dimorphic, with females generally being duller than males. The two members of the genus Apalharpactes are sometimes included in Harpactes.

Physical charateristics

Maile has black head and upper breast, bluish ring, maroon midcrown very pink hind collar and pinkish breast line. Pale brown above and scarlet belly. Female has brownish head and upper breast, light reddish-pink under parts.

Listen to the sound of Diards Trogon

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Range

Oriental Region : Malay Peninsula,Sumatra, Borneo. Harpactes diardii occurs in the Sundaic lowlands, from peninsular Thailand, Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore (formerly), Kalimantan and Sumatra, Indonesia and Brunei

Habitat

This species occurs in the middle and lower storeys of primary and logged evergreen forests in lowlands and hills. It is mainly found below 600 m, although there are records up to 1200 m on Borneo. It has also been recorded from peatswamp forest, luxuriant secondary forest and even cocoa plantations

Reproduction

Builds nest in cavity of rotten stump, few meters up.

Feeding habits

Primarily insects like bugs, bettles and caterpillars and also fruit.

Video Diards Trogon

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9ULYiELqtE

Conservation

This species is considered Near Threatened, as it is likely to be declining moderately rapidly owing to the wholesale clearance of lowland forest habitats throughout its range.
A slow to moderate population decline is suspected to be occurring, owing to the continuing rapid loss of lowland forest habitats across the species’s range. Rates of forest loss in the Sundaic lowlands have been extremely rapid, owing partly to the escalation of illegal logging and land conversion, with deliberate targeting of all remaining stands of valuable timber including those inside protected areas. Forest fires have also had a damaging effect

Migration

Presumed sedentary

Distribution map

Diards Trogon distribution range map

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