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.

Sumatran trogon
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Trogoniformes
Family: Trogonidae
Genus: Apalharpactes
Species:
A. mackloti
Binomial name
Apalharpactes mackloti
(Müller, 1836)
Synonyms

Harpactes mackloti

It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. They inhabit forests throughout the southern Asian mainland and the Greater Sunda and Philippine islands along with the other 11 species of Asian trogons. No trogons are present on the Sundaic island of Palawan, and none have succeeded in colonizing islands east of Wallace’s Line.[2]

Sumatran Trogons are still-hunting predators that wait motionless on a branch until prey is spotted, then they attack. Their diet varies and includes insects, fruit, and small vertebrates that will fit within their beak. The leg muscles are also so reduced that they cannot walk, or even turn around on a perch without using their wings.[3]

Description

The male is blue-grey with a red beak and a pale blue patch of skin around the eye.

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Apalharpactes mackloti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22730186A95025459. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22730186A95025459.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Hosner, Peter A.; Sheldon, Frederick H.; Lim, Haw Chuan; Moyle, Robert G. (2010). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the Asian trogons (Aves: Trogoniformes) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (3): 1219–1225. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.09.008. PMID 20858547.
  3. Hosner, Peter A.; Sheldon, Frederick H.; Lim, Haw Chuan; Moyle, Robert G. (2010). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the Asian trogons (Aves: Trogoniformes) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (3): 1219–1225. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.09.008. PMID 20858547.
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