Philippine trogon


The Philippine trogon 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.

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.

Feeding

Not much is known, but, grasshoppers are plucked from branches.