Red-headed Trogon

The red-headed trogon is on average 34 cm long. The male has a red head and breast, unique in the trogons, with a narrow white band across the mid-breast, a light red to pink lower breast and abdomen, pale red on the flanks and a rusty-brown mantle and back. The female looks like Diard's trogon without a speckled undertail. It is fairly common in north-eastern India, frequent in Bhutan and locally dispersed in Bangladesh, preferring upland forests (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is often seen perching on shaded branches waiting for prey, alone or in pairs, and follows flocks of foraging birds to take advantage of the insects they flush. It also feeds on leaves and fruits. Most birds are sedentary, though some move between elevations. In northern India females lay eggs between mid-April and mid-July, with a peak in May and June. SoIB 2023 rates it a Low conservation priority, a resident forest bird that eats invertebrates, with a Moderate range of about 62,000 km² (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).