Philippine trogon
| Philippine trogon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Trogoniformes |
| Family: | Trogonidae |
| Genus: | Harpactes |
| Species: | H. ardens
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| Binomial name | |
| Harpactes ardens (Temminck, 1826)
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The Philippine trogon (Harpactes ardens) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Description
The males head and throat is black and its face is blue. The neck and mantle are brown, rump 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.[2]
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Reproduction
It builds its nest in a hole in a dead tree 6 meters up. Its clutch size is 3 eggs.[3]
Feeding
Not much is known,but, grasshoppers are plucked from branches.
References
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