- Apaloderma narina
Identification
30–32 cm (11¾-12½ in)
Male
- Bill: yellow, with pale blue flashes
- Green upperparts
- Grey wing
- Bright red underparts
- Patches of blue skin on face
Female': brown face, purplish green plumage, blue circle around each eye and duller red underparts.
Distribution
Sierra Leone to eastern South Africa.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Apaloderma narina has four subspecies:[1]
- A. n. narina
- Highlands of Ethiopia to Angola and South Africa
- A. n. littorale
- Coastal lowlands from Somalia to KwaZulu-Natal; also Zanzibar
- A. n. brachyurum
- A. n. constantia
- Sierra Leone, Liberia and southern Guinea to Ghana
Habitat
Forests
Behaviour
Breeding
They nest in tree hollows.
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of insects, particularly caterpillars (but not hairy ones) and small invertebrates.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Narina Trogon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Narina_Trogon
