Harpactes
Genus of birds
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Harpactes is a genus of birds in the family Trogonidae found in forests in South and Southeast Asia, extending into southernmost China. They are strongly sexually dimorphic, with females generally being duller than males. Their back is brownish, the tail is partially white (best visible from below), and males of most species have red underparts. They feed on arthropods, small lizards and fruit.
| Harpactes | |
|---|---|
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| Malabar trogon, Harpactes fasciatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Trogoniformes |
| Family: | Trogonidae |
| Genus: | Harpactes Swainson, 1833 |
| Type species | |
| Trogon malabaricus[1] Gould, 1834 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Duvaucelius | |
Taxonomy
The genus Harpactes was introduced in 1833 by the English zoologist William Swainson.[2] He did not specify a type species but in 1840 by the English zoologist George Gray designated the type as Trogon malabaricus Gould, 1834.[3] This taxon is now considered as a subspecies of Harpactes fasciatus Pennant, 1769, the Malabar trogon.[4] The genus name is from Ancient Greek ἁρπακτης/harpaktēs meaning "robber".[5]
Two species, cinnamon-rumped and scarlet-rumped trogons, were previously classified in a separate genus, Duvaucelius, and a 2010 study found that these two were closely related and formed a separate clade from all of the other Harpactes trogons (except orange-breasted trogon, which forms a third group), but recommended that all three groups should be treated as congeneric.[6] This same study also found that the genus Apalharpactes, containing two species sometimes included in Harpactes, is actually distantly related and thus a valid genus.[6]
Species
The genus contains ten species.[7]
| Male | Female | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Malabar trogon | Harpactes fasciatus | India and Sri Lanka |
 | Red-naped trogon | Harpactes kasumba | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo | |
 | Diard's trogon | Harpactes diardii | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo | |
 |  | Philippine trogon | Harpactes ardens | Philippines (except West Visayas, Palawan group and Sulu Archipelago) |
 | Whitehead's trogon | Harpactes whiteheadi | montane north Borneo | |
 | Cinnamon-rumped trogon | Harpactes orrhophaeus | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo | |
_-_Flickr_-_Lip_Kee_(2).jpg) | Scarlet-rumped trogon | Harpactes duvaucelii | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Batu Islands (west of central Sumatra), Riau Islands (east of central Sumatra), Bangka Island and Belitung (east of south Sumatra), Natuna Islands (northwest of Borneo) and Borneo | |
 |  | Orange-breasted trogon | Harpactes oreskios | southeast Asia and Greater Sundas |
 |  | Red-headed trogon | Harpactes erythrocephalus | Himalayas and south China to Sumatra |
 | .jpg) | Ward's trogon | Harpactes wardi | northeast India to north Vietnam |