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Apalharpactes

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Trogonidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Aves

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Trogon

Apalharpactes

Similar
  
Sumatran trogon, Javan trogon, Trogon, Apaloderma, Harpactes

Javan trogon luntur jawa apalharpactes reinwardtii


Apalharpactes is a genus of birds in the family Trogonidae. They are restricted to humid highland forest on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. Unlike all other Asian trogons, their plumage is mainly green above and yellow below. Compared to most trogons, the sexual dimorphism is relatively small. The two species in the genus resemble each other, but A. reinwardtii is larger than A. mackloti, and the male A. mackloti has a chestnut rump-patch, which A. reinwardtii lacks. They feed on arthropods, small lizards and fruit.

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Taxonomy

The members of Apalharpactes are sometimes placed in the genus Harpactes instead. However a 2010 study found that the two genera are actually distantly related and thus valid.

The two species of Apalharpactes were formerly treated as conspecific under the name red-billed trogon or blue-tailed trogon (Apalharpactes reinwardtii, with mackloti as a subspecies), but are better treated as separate species.

  • Sumatran trogon (Apalharpactes mackloti)
  • Javan trogon (Apalharpactes reinwardtii)
  • References

    Apalharpactes Wikipedia


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