Trogons (Trogonidae)

Orange-breasted Trogon (Harpactes oreskios) - HBW 6, p. 110

French: Trogon à poitrine jaune German: Orangebrusttrogon Spanish: Trogón Pechinaranja

Taxonomy: Harpactes oreskios Temminck, 1823, Java.
Populations from S Myanmar across to S Indochina sometimes separated as race stellae, but probably indistinguishable from uniformis. Four subspecies normally recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • uniformis (Robinson, 1917) - E & S Myanmar, SW China (S Yunnan) and Vietnam S to Sumatra.
  • nias Meyer de Schauensee & Ripley, 1940 - Nias I (off NW Sumatra).
  • oreskios Temminck, 1823 - Java.
  • dulitensis Ogilvie-Grant, 1892 - NW Borneo.