Wards Trogon – Male, Bhutan

The Ward’s trogon 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. Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate the English botanist and explorer Francis Kingdon-Ward.Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. They are classified as near threatened by IUCN.