Malabar trogon

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Scientific Name : Harpactes fasciatus

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Malabar Trogon
Male	Female

(Copyright : Ramki)	(Copyright : Suresh V S)

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Identification

Trogons have distinctive male and female plumages, with soft, often colourful, feathers. This species is about 31cm long. The head and breast of the male are black in the Indian race H. f. malabaricus, and dark grey in the Sri Lankan H. f. fasciatus. A white line separates these dark areas from the pink underparts. The back and tail are cinnamon, and the wings are blackish grey.

The female is largely cinnamon, with a darker shade on her head and breast. The wings are brown.

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Call

A throaty musical cue,cue or mew,mew, usually repeated. Their alarm call is Hrr-rr-r.

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Distribution

Found only south of Gujarat, chiefly in the humid Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats. Up to 1500m. This bird is endemic to Sri Lanka and the Western and Eastern Ghats in India.

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Nesting

The Malabar Trogon nests in a hollow in a tree stump, with a typical clutch of 2-4 eggs normally during the months Feb-June. The eggs are incubated by both sexes.

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