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Diard's trogon

Harpactes diardii (Temminck, 1832)

NTNear Threatenedbirds

The diard's trogon (Harpactes diardii) is a species in the family Trogonidae, order Trogoniformes. Recorded adults weigh 96.8 g to 100.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Diard's trogon (Harpactes diardii)
Photo: John Gould, HC Richter · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the diard's trogon

Weight
96.8 g – 100.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the diard's trogon live?

Not recorded

What is the diard's trogon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Diard's trogon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diard%27s_trogon&oldid=1372068397), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the diard's trogon endangered?

The diard's trogon is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the diard's trogon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderTrogoniformes
  5. familyTrogonidae
  6. genusHarpactes
  7. SpeciesHarpactes diardii (Temminck, 1832)
Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • طرغونية دياردArabic
  • trogon DiardůvCzech
  • trogon obojkovýCzech
  • trogon DiardWelsh
  • Brunnakket TrogonDanish
  • DiardtrogonGerman
  • HalsbandtrogonGerman
  • rozkoluma trogonoEsperanto
  • Trogón de DiardSpanish
  • võlu-järanokkEstonian
  • pitsipyrstötrogoniFinnish
  • Trogon de DiardFrench
  • grimiznotrbi trogonCroatian
  • bíborhasú malájtrogonHungarian
  • Luntur diardIndonesian
  • Trogone di DiardItalian
  • バラエリキヌバネドリJapanese
  • Diaro harpaktasLithuanian
  • Diards TrogonDutch
  • rosenringtrogonNorwegian
  • sędzioł obrożnyPolish
  • republicano-de-diardPortuguese
  • republicano-de-olho-violetaPortuguese
  • Ожерелковый трогонRussian
  • Ожерелковый азиатский трогонRussian
  • dravčík obojkovýSlovak
  • นกขุนแผนหัวดำThai
  • Diard TrogonuTurkish
  • трогон борнейськийUkrainian
  • 紫頂咬鵑Chinese
  • 紫顶咬鹃Chinese

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Relatives of the diard's trogon

Other species in the same genus Harpactes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the diard's trogon?

An adult diard's trogon weighs 96.8 g – 100.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the diard's trogon endangered?

The diard's trogon is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the diard's trogon?

The diard's trogon (Harpactes diardii) belongs to the family Trogonidae in the order Trogoniformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{diards_trogon_2026,
  title = {Diard's trogon (Harpactes diardii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/diards-trogon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}