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The orange-breasted trogon is a medium-sized bird that measures between 25 and 31 cm in length and weighs about 49 to 57 g. The males have a dull olive-yellow head and a rufous-chestnut colour that extends from the upperparts to the upperpart of the tail. Underneath the tail the body is black and white. Primaries are black with white vertical bars and wing coverts are barred black. There is a yellow-orange lower breast which becomes lighter as it approaches the vent. A blue eye ring is present. Voice: Generally, the song will start with a 1–3 note "to (to to)" then 3–4 even-pitched "tau-tau-tau". The different subspecies might have a slightly different song; the male song of H. o. stellae a five note kek tau-tau-tau-tau-tau with a repeated harsh kek-kek.
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When to see the Orange-breasted Trogon
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Orange-breasted Trogon
The map shades 8 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Orange-breasted Trogon
The orange-breasted trogon is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. It is a colorful, sedentary species that inhabits the lower canopy of the lowlands and forest of southern China, southeast Asia, Borneo, Sumatra and Java.
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Easily confused with
Diard's TrogonHarpactes diardiiThe Diard's trogon is a medium-sized bird, measuring approximately 34 cm (13.4 in) in length and weighting about 100 g.
Red-naped TrogonHarpactes kasumbaVoice: The red-naped trogon's song voice is a slow, sad-sounding five to eight note "pau pau pau pau pau." Each short note slightly down slurred (1.5-1.2 kHz) and delivered at a rate of c.1 note/s.
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