Narinatrogon

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Narinatrogon
Narinatrogon ( Apaloderma narina )
Systematics
Class : Birds (aves) Order : Trogons (Trogoniformes) Family : Trogons (Trogonidae) Genre : Apaloderma Type : Narinatrogon
Scientific name
Apaloderma narina
( Stephens , 1815)

The Narina trogon ( Apaloderma narina ) is an African bird art from the family of trogons and the same order . It is named after a woman from the Khoi Khoi people , whose name means "flower".

features

The 33 cm long Narinatrogon has a metallic-green top, a purple belly and rump, and gray wings with black and white banded hand wings. The female's neck and chest are cinnamon-colored.

Way of life and distribution

The Narinatrogon lives in lowland forests and forest edge areas in large parts of sub-Saharan Africa . The species is not considered to be endangered.

Most of the time it sits motionless in the tall branches and turns around in a flash when startled to reveal its purple belly. It feeds on insects such as spiders , moths , beetles and caterpillars, which it pecks from branches. Sometimes it also preyed on small geckos . The female lays two to four eggs in a tree cavity. The clutch is incubated by both parent birds for about two weeks.

literature

• Colin Harrison & Alan Greensmith: Birds. Dorling Kindersly Limited, London 1993,2000, ISBN 3-831-00785-3
• Bryan Richard: Birds. Parragon, Bath, ISBN 1-405-45506-3

Web links

• Photo of the Narinatrogon
• Videos, photos and sound recordings of Apaloderma narina in the Internet Bird Collection

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Apaloderma narina in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2012. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2012. Accessed October 28, 2012th