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Malabar trogon

Harpactes fasciatus (Pennant, 1769)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The malabar trogon (Harpactes fasciatus) is a species in the family Trogonidae, order Trogoniformes. Recorded adults weigh 62 g to 63 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Malabar trogon (Harpactes fasciatus)
Photo: Male_Malabar_Trogon.jpg : Cks3976 (Subramanya CK <subramanya AT… · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the malabar trogon

Weight
62 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
2.8 – 3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the malabar trogon live?

Not recorded

What is the malabar trogon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Malabar trogon (Harpactes fasciatus) is a species of bird in the trogon family. It is found in the forests of India and Sri Lanka. In India, it is mainly found in the Western Ghats, hill forests of central India and in parts of the Eastern Ghats. They are insectivorous and although not migratory, may move seasonally in response to rain in hill forest regions. Like in other trogons, males and females vary in plumage. The birds utter low, guttural calls that can be heard only at close quarters, and perch still on a branch under the forest canopy, often facing away from the viewer, making them easy to miss despite their colourful plumage.

From the Wikipedia article “Malabar trogon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malabar_trogon&oldid=1382256853), 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 malabar trogon endangered?

The malabar trogon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  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 Least Concern species.

How is the malabar trogon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderTrogoniformes
  5. familyTrogonidae
  6. genusHarpactes
  7. SpeciesHarpactes fasciatus (Pennant, 1769)
Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • نهاسية مالابارArabic
  • trogon de l'ÍndiaCatalan
  • trogon indickýCzech
  • trogon malabarskýCzech
  • trogon IndiaWelsh
  • Malabar-TrogonGerman
  • malabara trogonoEsperanto
  • Trogón malabarSpanish
  • india järanokkEstonian
  • intiantrogoniFinnish
  • Trogon de MalabarFrench
  • indijski trogonCroatian
  • malabári malájtrogonHungarian
  • Trogone del MalabarItalian
  • インドキヌバネドリJapanese
  • malabarinis harpaktasLithuanian
  • തീക്കാക്കMalayalam
  • hindutrogonNorwegian
  • sędzioł malabarskiPolish
  • republicano-malabarPortuguese
  • republicano-do-malabarPortuguese
  • Малабарский трогонRussian
  • Малабарский азиатский трогонRussian
  • dravčík pásikavýSlovak
  • Malabarski trogonSerbian
  • ghatstrogonSwedish
  • трогон малабарськийUkrainian
  • 黑头咬鹃Chinese
  • 馬拉巴黑頭咬鵑Chinese

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Relatives of the malabar 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 malabar trogon?

An adult malabar trogon weighs 62 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the malabar trogon endangered?

The malabar trogon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the malabar trogon?

The malabar trogon (Harpactes fasciatus) belongs to the family Trogonidae in the order Trogoniformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Malabar trogon (Harpactes fasciatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/malabar-trogon

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{malabar_trogon_2026,
  title = {Malabar trogon (Harpactes fasciatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/malabar-trogon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}