Malabar Trogon (male)

Malabar Trogon (male)  -A species in the trogon family found in western ghats, peninsular India and Srilanka..An insectivorous by nature and do local migrations for that purpose.Its a sexually dimorphic species which mean both male and female appear in different plumage .When the male has a slaty black head and crimson chest with a white border on the top and an olive brown back , the female lacks the bright red colour and is largely cinnamon, with a darker shade on her head and breast. The wings are brown.Nest are made by carving rotten trees using their bills and the floor is made out of the wood powder to keep the eggs in most comfortable conditions ..Both male and female spend nearly one and half month to finish the nest till the chicks are born....newly born babies are fed with tasty caterpillers......what a caring family bird right...?

Like most other trogons, these birds are brightly coloured and sexually dimorphic. The male has a slaty black head and breast with a white border to the black bib separating it from the crimson on the underside. The back is olive-brown to chestnut. The wing coverts are black with fine white vermiculations. They have 12 tail feathers that are graduated.The central tail-feathers are chestnut with a black tip, with the second and third pairs from the middle having more black than chestnut. The outer three pairs have long white tips. The female lacks the contrasting black and crimson and has only a slightly darker head and breast that shades into the olive brown on the back while the crimson of the underside of the male is replaced by ochre. In both sexes, the beak is bluish as is the skin around the eye. The iris is dark brown and the feet are pale bluish.The nostrils are covered by tufts of filoplumes. The feet are heterodactyl, a feature unique to the trogons, with the inner toe turned