Diard’s Trogon

Diard's trogon (Harpactes diardii) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Apalodermatinae is the African subfamily consisting of one genus, Apaloderma. The Asian subfamily is Harpactinae and contains two genera, Harpactes and Apalharpactes. Males are black headed and breasted with a pink breast line. Females are brown headed and breasted with pink under parts. Diard's trogon eats caterpillars, beetles, stick-insects, locustids and other Orthoptera, and fruits. The breeding times of Diard's trogon range from February to August: February to mid-May in Malaysia, Mid-May to August in Borneo. The Dayak Iban community believes that hearing the Diard's trogon's call is a bad omen. == Taxonomy == The trogons are birds with colorful plumage that belong to the order Trogoniformes which only comprises one family, the Trogonidae. The genus Harpactes, which is one of the seven genera contained in this family, are all residents of South and Southeast Asia. Two biogeographical hypotheses propose different origins of trogons, one being they originated from Gondwana, and the other Laurasia. Although a paper from 1998 originally supported…