![]() They nest in a tree hollow in which both sexes incubate or brood. The male's bare, blue-green throat patch is expanded when calling and both sexes may fluff out the breast feathers in display. Topic : Land Birds Article 9 10 December 2006. The call is a grating, low repeated hoot, given by males only, in defending territory or attracting mates. The diet consists mainly of insects and small invertebrates as well as rodents and small reptiles. Due to its wide range and varied habitat choice, the Narina trogon is considered to be a species of least conservation concern. It is found from Sierra Leone to Ethiopia, and east Africa to eastern and southern South Africa. Female has a more faded-red belly and a brown head. Varies in coloration throughout its range but always follows the same general color scheme: male has a dark red head and belly, a brown back, and barred black-and-white wings. The species has a large range in Africa, inhabiting lowland to highland, valley and riparian forests, from tropical to temperate regions, those occurring in highlands dispersing seasonally to lower levels. A brightly-colored bird of dense evergreen forests, usually seen perched quietly on a mid-story perch. Immature birds resemble females, but have distinct white tips to the tertials (inner wing), and less distinct gape and eye flanges. The female has brown face and chest plumage, blue skin orbiting the eyes and duller red plumage below. The male especially, has bright amaranth red underside plumage and bare, green gape and eye flanges. The wing coverts are a grizzled grey, and remiges mostly colourless grey. ![]() The outer three rectices on each side are tipped and fringed white, giving the undertail of perched birds a characteristic white appearance (compare bar-tailed trogon). The tail feathers have a metallic blue-green gloss. Both sexes have vivid, gingery green upperpart plumage. ![]() It is sexually dimorphic, with males more brightly coloured. ![]()
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