Trogons (Trogonidae)
Sumatran Trogon (Apalharpactes mackloti) - HBW 6, p. 106
French: Trogon de Sumatra
German: Macklottrogon
Spanish: Trogón de Sumatra
Other common names: (Reinwardt’s) Blue-tailed/Blue-billed Trogon (with A. reinwardtii)
Taxonomy: Trogon Mackloti S. Müller, 1835, Mount Singgalang, Sumatra.
Genus name sometimes erroneously “emended” to Hapalarpactes. Has usually been placed together with A. reinwardtii in genus Harpactes, and the two treated as conspecific; both differ, however, from Harpactes in plumage coloration and in bill colour, and are also the only Asian trogons with metallic tones in plumage; in addition, at least present species has a song quite unlike that of any other trogonids; recent research, as yet unpublished, indicates significant differences between present species and A. reinwardtii in biometrics, and possibly also in vo.. View all taxonomy...
Genus name sometimes erroneously “emended” to Hapalarpactes. Has usually been placed together with A. reinwardtii in genus Harpactes, and the two treated as conspecific; both differ, however, from Harpactes in plumage coloration and in bill colour, and are also the only Asian trogons with metallic tones in plumage; in addition, at least present species has a song quite unlike that of any other trogonids; recent research, as yet unpublished, indicates significant differences between present species and A. reinwardtii in biometrics, and possibly also in vocalizations, suggesting that the two are better treated as separate species that form a superspecies. Monotypic.
Distribution: Mountains of Sumatra.
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A bird perched, singing and then flying away Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 3 years ago 41 sec 3.8 -
Two birds, one in front in a nest hole in a trunk Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 3 years ago 53 sec 3.7
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A perched adult bird.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 7 October 2009 2 years ago 4 -
A perching bird
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Rainer Mönke 28 May 2011 37 weeks ago 3.4 -
Adult bird on a branch.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 4 July 2010 8 weeks ago 3
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