Sumatran Trogon

About the Sumatran Trogon

The Sumatran trogon (Apalharpactes mackloti) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Javan trogon under the common name blue-tailed trogon. It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The 12 species of Asian trogons inhabit forests throughout the southern Asian mainland and the Greater Sunda and Philippine islands. No trogons are present on the Sundaic island of Palawan, and none have succeeded in colonizing islands east of Wallace's Line.

The Sumatran trogon is 30 cm (12 in) from tip of the bill to tip of the tail with bluish-green upper parts and a yellow throat and belly. It has a patch of exposed blue skin around the eyes, a red beak, orange feet, and a long, iridescent, blue tail. The males have a characteristic thick chestnut coloured band on their rump, and thicker, more defined barring on the wing panels.

The Sumatran trogon closely resembles the Javan trogon (Apalharpactes reinwardtii) (the two populations were previously considered a single species), however the Javan trogon is nearly 30% larger than the Sumatran trogon is,... Wikipedia →