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Ward's Trogon
Harpactes wardi (Kinnear, 1927)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Ward's trogon (Harpactes wardi) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. Its range includes the northeastern parts of the Indian subcontinent stretching eastwards to Southeast Asia. It is found in Bhutan, India, Tibet, and Myanmar. It also has a disjunct population in northern Vietnam, but there are no recent records from there. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the English botanist and explorer Francis Kingdon-Ward.
Wikipedia contributors, Ward's trogon; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:31:11.925031+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Harpactes wardi (Kinnear, 1927)
- Name authority
- (Kinnear, 1927)
- Common name
- Ward's Trogon
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Trogoniformes
- Family
- Trogonidae
- Genus
- Harpactes
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderTrogoniformes
- familyTrogonidae
- genusHarpactes Swainson, 1833
- speciesHarpactes wardi (Kinnear, 1927)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Harpactes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Philippine TrogonHarpactes ardens (Temminck, 1826) | TrogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malabar TrogonHarpactes fasciatus (Pennant, 1769) | TrogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-breasted TrogonHarpactes oreskios (Temminck, 1823) | TrogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Whitehead's TrogonHarpactes whiteheadi Sharpe, 1888 | TrogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-naped TrogonHarpactes kasumba (Raffles, 1822) | TrogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diard's TrogonHarpactes diardii (Temminck, 1832) | TrogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scarlet-rumped TrogonHarpactes duvaucelii (Temminck, 1824) | TrogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-headed TrogonHarpactes erythrocephalus (Gould, 1834) | TrogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnamon-rumped TrogonHarpactes orrhophaeus (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) | TrogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Pyrotrogon wardi Kinnear, 1927 Kinnear, 1927 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=554517 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3JRXQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.