#Eocene-Period #Trogon Already Had Heterodactyl Feet
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/eotrogon-stenorhynchus-11898.html
Narrow-beaked #trogons from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, UK) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10336-023-02071-x
Trogons are the only group of #birds with a heterodactyl foot, in which the second toe is permanently reversed.
A Red-headed Trogon (Harpactes erythrocephalus) spotted at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, on 18 Nov 2018.
#Nature #iNaturalist #Photography #Malaysia #Birds #Aves #Trogons #Trogonidae
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18555420 ]