Diard's trogon

Diard's trogon

Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Trogoniformes
Family:	Trogonidae
Genus:	Harpactes
Species:	H. diardii
Binomial name
*Harpactes diardii* (Temminck, 1832)

The Diard's trogon (Harpactes diardii) is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Aplodermatinae is the African subfamily consisting of one genus,apaloderma. The Asian subfamily is Harpactinae and contains two genus, Harpactes and Apalharpactes.

Males are black headed and breasted with a pink breast line. Females are brown headed and breasted with pink under parts. The Diard's trogon eat caterpillars, beetles, stick- insects, locustids and other Orthoptera, and fruits.

The Diard's trogon breeding times range from February to August. February to mid-May in Malaysia; Mid-May to August in Borneo.

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Harpactes diardii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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Trogons (order: Trogoniformes · family: Trogonidae)

Genus	Species

Apaloderma	Narina trogon Bare-cheeked trogon Bar-tailed trogon

Apalharpactes	Javan trogon Sumatran trogon

Harpactes	Malabar trogon Red-naped trogon Diard's trogon Philippine trogon Whitehead's trogon Cinnamon-rumped trogon Scarlet-rumped trogon Red-headed trogon Orange-breasted trogon Ward's trogon

Priotelus	Cuban trogon Hispaniolan trogon

Trogon	Black-headed trogon Citreoline trogon White-tailed trogon Baird's trogon Violaceous trogon Gartered trogon Mountain trogon White-eyed trogon Collared trogon Elegant trogon Orange-bellied trogon Masked trogon Black-throated trogon Surucua trogon Blue-crowned trogon Black-tailed trogon Green-backed trogon Ecuadorian trogon Slaty-tailed trogon Lattice-tailed trogon

Euptilotis	Eared quetzal

Pharomachrus	Resplendent quetzal Crested quetzal White-tipped quetzal Golden-headed quetzal Pavonine quetzal

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