- Apaloderma vittatum
Identification
28–30 cm
Male:
- Blue-black head with bronze lustre
- Yellow to orange patches of bare skin below the eye
- Yellow or grey patch above the eye
- Violet to blue-green upper breast
- Red underparts
- Green back
- Blue-black tail
- Yellow bill and feet
Female
- Brown head (with less bare skin than the male)
- Light gingery throat and breast
Immature: Similar to female
- White belly
- Pale wing spots (formed by the tips of the wing coverts and inner secondaries)
Distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa:
Western Africa: Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
African Islands: Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies:
- A. v. vittatum:
- Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique
- A. v. camerunensis:
Habitat
High altitude forests.
Behaviour
Diet
They forage in the canopy for insects and caterpillars.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bar-tailed Trogon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bar-tailed_Trogon
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
