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Whitehead's Trogon (Harpactes whiteheadi)

Whitehead's Trogon (Harpactes whiteheadi) - Male
Whitehead's Trogon (Harpactes whiteheadi) - Male
Whitehead's Trogon (Harpactes whiteheadi) - Female
Whitehead's Trogon (Harpactes whiteheadi) - Female
Whitehead's Trogon (Harpactes whiteheadi) - Male
Whitehead's Trogon (Harpactes whiteheadi) - Female

About Whitehead's Trogon (Harpactes whiteheadi)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Trogons
  • Family: Trogons

Whitehead's trogon is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo, where it is an uncommon resident in primary mountain forest. One of Borneo's largest trogons at 29 to 33 cm long, it is sexually dimorphic. The male is crimson on the head, nape, and underparts, with a black throat and grey chest; the rest of his upperparts are cinnamon-coloured. The female is similarly patterned, but cinnamon-brown where the male is scarlet. The species was first described for science by Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1888, who named it for British explorer and collector John Whitehead. There are no subspecies.

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  • 2023-03-19
    Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia
    Image from 2023-03-19
    Image from 2023-03-19
  • 2023-03-20
    Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia