- Orange-breasted Trogon
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Orange-breasted Trogon 
Subspecies H. o. dulitensis from Borneo, illustration by Keulemans, 1892 Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Trogoniformes Family: Trogonidae Genus: Harpactes Species: H. oreskios Binomial name Harpactes oreskios
(Temminck, 1823)Synonyms - Harpactes dulitensis
The Orange-breasted Trogon (Harpactes oreskios) is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.
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Distribution and habitat
The trogon is found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes, humid, lower-to-middle elevation evergreen forests, swampy forests, open dry forests, bamboo forests, thin tree jungles, and sometimes among clumps of trees near forests.
Description
Orange-breasted trogons generally have an olive-yellow head with feathers that are bristled and upright, chestnut upperparts, orange breast that changes to bright yellow on upper and lower portions, white bars on wing sections, and a blue bill. Males have a dull olive-yellowish head with a blue ring; rufous (reddish brown) upperparts and upper tail with paler rump (lower part of back); broad white bars on wing sections; and yellow (grey-based) upper breast with some white along the mid-line. Females have additional grey-brown on head and upperparts; pale buffy-brown rump, grey breast; and yellow lower underparts. Juveniles are similar to females, with young males having warmer brown upperparts.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Harpactes oreskios. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
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Trogons (order: Trogoniformes • family: Trogonidae) Genus Apaloderma Apalharpactes 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 TrogonPriotelus 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 TrogonEuptilotis Pharomachrus Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Harpactes
- Birds of Thailand
- Animals described in 1823
- Bird stubs
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