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• Silver Gull (scopulinus)
• Whitehead's Trogon
• Diard's Trogon

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  The Silver Gull (scopulinus) is roughly the same size as the laughing gull (Larus ridibundus). Its back and wings are a dark gray, its underside, rump, and tail feathers are white, and the wings have a characteristic pattern (black primary feathers with a white spot in the center of the outer primaries). The beak and legs are red, distinguishing it from its sister species, the Buller's gull (see this sheet). As is the case with Buller's gull, adult Silver Gulls have light eyes while young ones have dark eyes. In addition, ... read more (Rédigé par Georges Olioso)

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  It was Richard Bowdler Sharpe, a British ornithologist (1847-1909) who described this trogon and named it Harpactes whiteheadi, in honour of John Whitehead (1830-1899), a British explorer who discovered this species during his travels to Borneo in 1884. Bird enthusiasts will recognize the same strain of name with the Firecrest, whose scientific name is Sitta whiteheadi, discovered by the same Whitehead in 1882. Whitehead's Trogon is 30 cm long with distinct dimorphism in appearance; the male has black lores and throat, a ... read more (Rédigé par Anne et Gabriel Leboff)

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  When Pierre Médard Diard (1794-1863) and Alfred Duvaucel (1793-1825) left for India, our two French ornithologists did not know they would give their names to two of the most beautiful Asian trogons: Duvaucel's Trogon and Diard's Trogon. Pierre Médard Diard traveled extensively in Asia; he became one of the first Europeans to see Angkor, and while working for the Dutch he sent his collections to Jacob Temminck (1778-1858), who honored him by naming our trogon after him. A large trogon of 34 cm with a distinct dimorphism, ... read more (Rédigé par Anne et Gabriel Leboff)