Malabar Trogon

SCI Name:  Harpactes fasciatus
Protonym:  Trogon fasciatus Indn.Zool. p.4 pl.5
Taxonomy:  Trogoniformes / Trogonidae / Harpactes
Taxonomy Code:  maltro1
Type Locality:  Ceylon.
Author:  Pennant
Publish Year:  1769
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

HARPACTES
(Trogonidae; Ϯ Malabar Trogon H. fasciatus) Gr. ἁρπακτης harpaktēs  robber  < ἁρπαζω harpazō  to rob; alluding to the heavy bodies and strong, deeply notched bills of these oriental trogons; "SUB-GENERA.  ...  3. Bill entire. Inhabits tropical Asia.   HARPACTES, Sw." (Swainson 1833); "Harpactes, Sw.  Bill stronger: both mandibles deeply notched at their tips, but the margins smooth. Nostrils partially naked. Tarsus only half feathered. The anterior toes less united.  Tropical Asia.  The conirostral type.   Malabaricus. Gould, Mon.   erythrocephalus. Ib.   Gouldii. (Sw.) P. C. 121.   Temminckii. P. Col. 321.   Duvaucellii. Ib. 291.   Diardi. Ib. 54." (Swainson 1837); "Harpactes Swainson, Zool. Illustr. (2), 3, 1832-33 (1833), p. 107 (in key). Diagnosis only, no type or included species. Species added, Swainson, Classif. Bds., 2, 1837, p. 337. Type, by subsequent designation, Trogon malabaricus Gould.²  (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 10.)   ...   ² This name is not antedated by Harpactes Templeton, Zool. Journ., 5, 1829-1834, p. 401, since the part of the Zool. Journ. containing that name was not published until Nov. or Dec. 1835." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 161).
Var. Harpactor.
Synon. Duvaucelius, Hapalurus, Oreskios, Pyrotrogon.

fasciatum / fasciatus
Late L. fasciatus banded  < L. fascia  band, stripe.
● ex “Calao Longibande” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 233 (Lophoceros).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à poitrine tachetée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 574, fig. 3 (Myiophobus).
● ex “Ynambuí” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 327 (syn. Nothura maculosa).
● ex “Merle des Moluques” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 257 (syn. Pitta moluccensis).
● ex “Gélinotte des Indes” of Sonnerat 1782 (syn. Pterocles indicus).

SUBSPECIES

Malabar Trogon (malabaricus)
SCI Name: Harpactes fasciatus malabaricus
malabarica / malabaricum / malabaricus
Malabar or Malabar Coast, India (Arabic name Malibar for the south-western coast of India).
● ex “Beaks of curious birds, pl. 281, fig. D” of Edwards 1758-1764, “Calao de Malabar” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Pied Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (syn. Anthracoceros coronatus).
● ex “Petit merle de la côte de Malabar” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Yellow-fronted Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Chloropsis aurifrons).
● ex “Grand Gobe-mouches de la côte de Malabar” of Sonnerat 1782 (syn. Dicrurus paradiseus).
● ex “Drongo à Raquettes” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 175 (syn. Dicrurus paradiseus).
● ex “Alouette huppée de la Côte de Malabar” of Sonnerat 1782 (Galerida).
● ex "Gobe-mouche à longue queue de Gingi" of Sonnerat 1782 (Kittacincla).
● "96. LOXIA.  ...  malabarica.  24. L. cinerea, remigibus rectricibusque nigris, gula anoque albis.  Habitat in Indiis.  Corpus magnitudine & facie Pari. Rostrum nigrum. Gula alba. Remiges & Rectrices nigræ. Ani regio albida." (Linnaeus 1758) (Lonchura).
● ex “Mésange de la côte de Malabar” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Malabar Titmouse” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Pericrocotus cinnamomeus).
● ex “Martin vieillard de la côte de Malabar” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Malabar Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Sturnia).
● ex "Pluvier de la côte Malabar" of d'Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 880, and "Pluvier à lambeaux" of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Vanellus).

Malabar Trogon (legerli)
SCI Name: Harpactes fasciatus legerli
legerli
Etymology undiscovered; perhaps an eponym or, given Koelz's interests, from Hindu mythology; "Harpactes fasciatus legerli, new subspecies.  Type.—Adult ♂ collected in the forests at the foot of Mahendra Giri, Orissa, on January 22, 1937, by W. Koelz.  Differs from malabaricus in my collection from Londa, Bombay Presidency, the Malabar Coast, and the Nilgiris, in being paler, especially on the back and in having the white of the wing barring more extensive. The wing may average longer.  In the single specimen it measures 130.5 mm., while in 20 specimens from the Western Ghats only one has so long a wing." (Koelz 1939, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 52, 79) (subsp. Harpactes fasciatus).

Malabar Trogon (fasciatus)
SCI Name: Harpactes fasciatus fasciatus
fasciatum / fasciatus
Late L. fasciatus banded  < L. fascia  band, stripe.
● ex “Calao Longibande” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 233 (Lophoceros).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à poitrine tachetée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 574, fig. 3 (Myiophobus).
● ex “Ynambuí” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 327 (syn. Nothura maculosa).
● ex “Merle des Moluques” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 257 (syn. Pitta moluccensis).
● ex “Gélinotte des Indes” of Sonnerat 1782 (syn. Pterocles indicus).