Malabar Trogon

Malabar Trogon

Harpactes fasciatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Wilpattu National Park
3 Verified records at Wilpattu National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

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. Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Malabar Trogon at Wilpattu National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
40–50%
2 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
30–40%
3 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
4 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
5 Eravikulam National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
6 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
7 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
8 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
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