The Philippine trogon (''Harpactes ardens'') is a species of

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in the family Trogonidae. It is

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to the

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Description

The males head and throat is black and its face is blue. The neck and mantle are brown,

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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

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s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist

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. It is common in forest and secondary growth, and it is usually found alone or in pairs perched 5 to 10 m from the ground in a dark recess on a vine or branch in the understory.

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 Endemic birds of the Philippines Philippine trogon Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Trogoniformes-stub