Higher classification Harpactes | Phylum Chordata Scientific name Harpactes ardens Rank Species | |
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Similar Trogon, Bird, Harpactes, Cinnamon‑rumped trogon, Bare‑cheeked trogon | ||
The Philippine trogon (Harpactes ardens) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
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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.
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Reproduction
It builds its nest in a hole in a dead tree 6 meters up. Its clutch size is 3 eggs.
Feeding
Not much is known,but, grasshoppers are plucked from branches.
References
Philippine trogon Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA