Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

[2] Sumatran Trogons are still-hunting predators that wait motionless on a branch until prey is spotted, then they attack.

Their diet varies and includes insects, fruit, and small vertebrates that will fit within their beak.

The leg muscles are also so reduced that they cannot walk, or even turn around on a perch without using their wings.

[2] The male is blue-grey with a red beak and a pale blue patch of skin around the eye.