Trogon ardens Temminck, Pl. Col. (1826), 404.
Harpactes ardens Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892), 17, 487.
Pyrotrogon ardens Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 150; McGregor and
Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 60.
Basilan (Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor);
Bohol (McGregor); Dinagat (Everett); Leyte (Whitehead); Luzon
(Meyer, Möllendorff, Steere Exp., Whitehead, Bourns & Worcester,
McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Mindanao (Peale, Murray,
Everett, Koch & Schadenberg, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester,
Goodfellow, Celestino); Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester,
Whitehead).
Adult male.--Above orange-brown, lighter on rump and tail-coverts;
lores and forehead black, shading gradually into deep reddish purple
on top of head, occiput, nape, and ear-coverts; chin and throat black,
shading into pink on the chest; upper breast deep scarlet, shading
into lighter scarlet on rest of under parts; wings black; primaries
edged with white; secondaries and secondary-coverts barred with narrow
lines of white; three outer pairs of tail-feathers white with black
bases; next two pairs black; middle pair light coffee-brown with
black tips. Bill dark green at base; terminal half bright yellow. A
male from Bohol measures: Wing, 145; tail, 181; culmen from base, 24;
bill from nostril, 15. A male from Bataan Province, Luzon, measures:
Wing, 143; tail, 173; culmen from base, 20; bill from nostril, 14. A
male from Basilan measures: Wing, 150; tail, 187; culmen from base,
24; bill from nostril, 17.
Adult female.--Above similar to the male but head, nape, and
ear-coverts olive with no trace of vinaceous color; scapulars and
back olive-brown; rump and tail-coverts orange-brown as in the male;
chin and throat black; rest of under parts light rusty buff, a little
paler on abdomen and darker on under tail-coverts; wings similar
to those of the male but the fine cross-bars light brown instead of
white; tail similar to that of the male but with less white on the
outer feathers. A female from Bohol measures: Wing, 135; tail, 176;
culmen from base, 24; bill from nostril, 16.
Young.--The young male resembles the adult female but the brown bars
on the secondaries are much wider and the black terminal bar of the
middle rectrices is lacking. As the bird becomes older the vinaceous
of head, and pink and scarlet of under parts, gradually appear.
"Abundant from Luzon to Basilan. Usually found in dark places in the
forest. Makes a loud whirr with its wings when it flies. A stupid bird,
easily shot. Five males measure, 327 in length; wing, 132; tail, 167;
culmen, 21; tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw, 23. Iris dark brown
to black; legs and feet olive; nails black; base of bill green,
tip yellow; flesh round eye purple." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
Order COCCYGES.