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[[Image:Bird forum 1 0.jpg|thumb|550px|right|MalePhoto &copy; by {{user|4Niles|4Niles}}<br/>Gamboa, [[Panama]], April 2011]]
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;[[:Category:Trogon|Trogon]] caligatus
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==Identification==
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Length 23cm (9 in)<br />
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'''Male''': Blue head and upper breast, green back, becoming bluer on the rump,  a white line separates the breast from the golden yellow underparts, but this is sometimes hard to detect (may to some extent depend on subspecies).  Yellow circular eye-ring.  White undertail with black barring, black wings vermiculated with white. <br />
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'''Female''': Dark grey back, head and breast.  White oval-shaped eye-ring may only consist of front and back (brackets).
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[[Image:Trogon caligatus Gartered Trogon Female.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Raul+Padilla|Raul Padilla}}<br />Hidalgo, [[Mexico]], March 2014]]
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==Distribution==
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Lowlands of [[Mexico]], [[Honduras]], [[Guatemala]], [[El Salvador]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]] (west of the Andes) and [[Venezuela]].
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==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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Three subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''T.c. sallaei''
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:*[[Mexico]] to [[Costa Rica]]
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*''T.c. concinnus''
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:*[[Panama]] to [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]] (west of the Andes)
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*''T.c. caligatus''
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:*northern Colombia to western [[Venezuela]]
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This species was formerly included in [[Violaceous Trogon]].
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<!--- Comment: the range for the last two subspecies are given according to the BF thread linked to below, not according to Clements --->
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==Habitat==
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Moist tropical forests.
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==Behaviour==
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[[Image:Gartered Trogon P1190986.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Female<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|njlarsen|njlarsen}}<br />Punta Laguna, QRoo, [[Mexico]], September 2015]]
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Sits very upright on horizontal branches.
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====Breeding====
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It nests in a wasp, ant or termite nest or a hole in a rotten tree; 2-3 white eggs are laid.
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====Diet====
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The diet includes insects and small fruit.
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====Vocalisation====
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Song is described in variable ways from different geographic regions.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#[http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCProp378.html SACC] proposal to split Gartered from Violaceous Trogon read August 2009
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#[http://birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1945571 Birdforum thread] discussing the splits of Violaceous Trogon
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{{ref}}
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==External Links==
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{{GSearch|"Trogon caligatus" {{!}} "Gartered Trogon"}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Trogon]]

Latest revision as of 22:46, 17 July 2023

MalePhoto © by 4Niles
Gamboa, Panama, April 2011
Trogon caligatus

Identification

Length 23cm (9 in)
Male: Blue head and upper breast, green back, becoming bluer on the rump, a white line separates the breast from the golden yellow underparts, but this is sometimes hard to detect (may to some extent depend on subspecies). Yellow circular eye-ring. White undertail with black barring, black wings vermiculated with white.
Female: Dark grey back, head and breast. White oval-shaped eye-ring may only consist of front and back (brackets).

Female
Photo © by Raul Padilla
Hidalgo, Mexico, March 2014

Distribution

Lowlands of Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru (west of the Andes) and Venezuela.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized[1]:

  • T.c. sallaei
  • T.c. concinnus
  • T.c. caligatus

This species was formerly included in Violaceous Trogon.

Habitat

Moist tropical forests.

Behaviour

Female
Photo © by njlarsen
Punta Laguna, QRoo, Mexico, September 2015

Sits very upright on horizontal branches.

Breeding

It nests in a wasp, ant or termite nest or a hole in a rotten tree; 2-3 white eggs are laid.

Diet

The diet includes insects and small fruit.

Vocalisation

Song is described in variable ways from different geographic regions.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. SACC proposal to split Gartered from Violaceous Trogon read August 2009
  3. Birdforum thread discussing the splits of Violaceous Trogon

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External Links

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