- Trogon rufus
Identification
23–25 cm (9-9¾ in)
Male
- Green head, upper breast and back
- Black throat and face
- Yellow bill
- Pale blue eye-ring
- Yellow belly
- White undertail, barred black
- Black and white wing coverts
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
Variation
It is possible to find males of this species with yellow eye-ring
Distribution
Central and South America
Central America: Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Argentina
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 6 subspecies[1]:
- T. r. tenellus:
- T. r. cupreicauda:
- T. r. rufus:
- T. r. sulphureus:
- T. r. amazonicus:
- T. r. chrysochloros:
Habitat
Lowland humid neotropical forest, Atlantic slope forest and neotropical mature wet lowlands.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of arthropods and fruit, though they may eat less fruit than other similar trogons.
Breeding
The nest is an unlined shallow cavity, and 2 white eggs are laid.
Vocalisation
Call: krrrrrr
Song: cuh cuh cuh cuh
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Jan 2018)
- Birdforum thread with report of yellow eye-ring in Black-throated Trogon
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-throated Trogon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-throated_Trogon
External Links
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