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Blue-crowned Trogon - BirdForum Opus

Revision as of 17:03, 3 December 2008 by Kits (talk | contribs)
Photo by ciroalbano
Location: Serra da Aratanha, Ceará State, Brazil
Trogon curucui

Identification

Male - black face and throat, green-blue crown, neck, breast and uppertail, black, finely vermiculated wings, pale grey horn bill. Female - red belly, white chest, grey breast, black upper mandible, grey below, broken white eye ring, white barred wings, black, white edged and black notched undertail.

Distribution

Eastern Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru and northeast Brazil.

Taxonomy

There are 4 subspecies.

Habitat

Forest and scrub.

Behaviour

The diet includes insects and small fruit.

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