Orange-breasted Trogon

SCI Name:  Harpactes oreskios
Protonym:  Harpactes oreskios Pl.Col. livr.31 pl.181
Taxonomy:  Trogoniformes / Trogonidae / Harpactes
Taxonomy Code:  orbtro2
Type Locality:  Java.
Author:  Temminck
Publish Year:  1823
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.

oreskios
Gr. ορεσκιος oreskios  mountain-bred  < ορος oros, ορεος oreos  mountain; σκηναω skēnaō  to dwell.

Oreskios
(syn. Harpactes Ϯ Orange-breasted Trogon H. oreskios) Gr. ορεσκιος oreskios  mountain-bred  < ορος oros, ορεος oreos  mountain; σκηναω skēnaō  to dwell (cf. specific name Trogon oreskios Temminck, 1823); "5. HARPACTES, Sw.  ...  d. Oreskios, Bp.  -  41. gouldi, Sw.  -  42? gigas, Vieill." (Bonaparte 1854); "Oreskios Bonaparte, 1854, Conspectus Volucrum Zygodactylorum, p. 14. Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1892, Cat. Birds British Museum, XVII, p. 480), H. gouldi Swainson, 1837 = Harpactes oreskios Temminck, 1823." (mihi).   Var. Orescius.

SUBSPECIES

Orange-breasted Trogon (Spice)
SCI Name: Harpactes oreskios [dulitensis Group]
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.

Orange-breasted Trogon (Orange-breasted)
SCI Name: Harpactes oreskios oreskios
oreskios
Gr. ορεσκιος oreskios  mountain-bred  < ορος oros, ορεος oreos  mountain; σκηναω skēnaō  to dwell.