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[[Image:Trogon Black-throated fem 2nd edit 7860.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Female, subspeceis ''tenellus''<br />Photo by {{user|rdavis|rdavis}}<br />Carara National Park, [[Costa Rica]], December 2015]] | [[Image:Trogon Black-throated fem 2nd edit 7860.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Female, subspeceis ''tenellus''<br />Photo by {{user|rdavis|rdavis}}<br />Carara National Park, [[Costa Rica]], December 2015]] | ||
| + | 23.5–26 cm<br /> | ||
| + | '''Male''' | ||
| + | *Green head, upper breast and back | ||
| + | *Throat and face black | ||
| + | *Yellow bill | ||
| + | *Eye-ring pale blue, more prominent in front of and behind the eye | ||
| + | *Belly yellow, offset from breast by narrow to inconspicuous white band | ||
| + | *Undertail white, barred black, but with large white subterminal bands on each feather | ||
| + | *Upperside of tail green with bluish sheen | ||
| + | *Wing [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]] with black and white vermiculations<br /> | ||
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| + | ''' Female''' | ||
| + | *Brown head, upper breast and back | ||
| + | *Rufous upper tail | ||
| + | *Yellow belly | ||
| + | *Mostly yellow bill | ||
| + | *Pale eye-ring wider behind and in front of the eye | ||
| + | ====Similar species==== | ||
| + | Similar species with overlapping range differ in having full black hood in the male ([[Black-headed Trogon]]) or by having yellow eye-rings ([[Gartered Trogon]]). | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Tropical south-eastern [[Honduras]] to extreme north-western [[Colombia]] | Tropical south-eastern [[Honduras]] to extreme north-western [[Colombia]] | ||
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====Vocalisation==== | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | #{{Ref-Clements6thOct23}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen22V13.2}} | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thOct23}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen22V13.2}}#van Dort, J. and P. Pyle (2023). Northern Black-throated Trogon (Trogon tenellus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg and M. A. Bridwell, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bkttro7.01 |
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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Male, Subspecies tenellus
Photo by Stanley Jones
Bosque del Río Tigre Lodge, Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, February 2015
Photo by Stanley Jones
Bosque del Río Tigre Lodge, Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, February 2015
- Trogon tenellus
Identification
23.5–26 cm
Male
- Green head, upper breast and back
- Throat and face black
- Yellow bill
- Eye-ring pale blue, more prominent in front of and behind the eye
- Belly yellow, offset from breast by narrow to inconspicuous white band
- Undertail white, barred black, but with large white subterminal bands on each feather
- Upperside of tail green with bluish sheen
- Wing coverts with black and white vermiculations
Female
- Brown head, upper breast and back
- Rufous upper tail
- Yellow belly
- Mostly yellow bill
- Pale eye-ring wider behind and in front of the eye
Similar species
Similar species with overlapping range differ in having full black hood in the male (Black-headed Trogon) or by having yellow eye-rings (Gartered Trogon).
Distribution
Tropical south-eastern Honduras to extreme north-western Colombia
Taxonomy
Black-throated Trogon was in 2024 split into four species:
- Northern Black-throated Trogon - Tropical south-eastern Honduras to extreme north-western Colombia
- Choco Black-throated Trogon - Tropical western Colombia and western Ecuador
- Amazonian Black-throated Trogon - Amazonian South America from eastern Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru to Amazonian Venezuela and the Guianas, as well as to Amazonian Brazil
- Atlantic Black-throated Trogon - northeastern Brazil to Paraguay and northeastern Argentina
Subspecies
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Behaviour
Vocalisation
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- van Dort, J. and P. Pyle (2023). Northern Black-throated Trogon (Trogon tenellus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg and M. A. Bridwell, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bkttro7.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Northern Black-throated Trogon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Northern_Black-throated_Trogon
External Links
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