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[[Image:Collared_Trogon.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''exoptatus'', Male on left, female on right <br />Photos &copy; by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}  <br />(Male) Bloody Bay, Roxborough Road, [[Tobago]], 1 August 2006; (female) Main Ridge Reserve, Tobago, 30 July 2006]]
 
[[Image:Collared_Trogon.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''exoptatus'', Male on left, female on right <br />Photos &copy; by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}  <br />(Male) Bloody Bay, Roxborough Road, [[Tobago]], 1 August 2006; (female) Main Ridge Reserve, Tobago, 30 July 2006]]
 
;[[:Category:Trogon|Trogon]] collaris
 
;[[:Category:Trogon|Trogon]] collaris
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'''Includes Orange-bellied Trogon'''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
25cm<br />
 
25cm<br />
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*Brown back, head and breast
 
*Brown back, head and breast
 
*Paler red underparts
 
*Paler red underparts
====Similar Species====
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====Variation====
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[[Image:Orange-bellied_Trogon.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Subspecies ''aurantiiventris'', Orange-bellied Trogon<br />Photo by Cedric K <br />El Cope National Park, [[Panama]] in March 2005 ]]
 
[[Orange-bellied Trogon]]
 
[[Orange-bellied Trogon]]
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
====Subspecies====
 
====Subspecies====
There are 9 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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There are 10 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
*''T. c. puella'': Tropical and subtropical central [[Mexico]] to western [[Panama]]
 
*''T. c. puella'': Tropical and subtropical central [[Mexico]] to western [[Panama]]
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*''T. c. underwoodi'': Humid montane forests of nw Costa Rica
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*''T. c. aurantiiventris'': highlands of central and southern Costa Rica to western Panama
 
*''T. c. extimus'': Subtropical eastern Panama
 
*''T. c. extimus'': Subtropical eastern Panama
 
*''T. c. heothinus'': Eastern Panama (Darién)
 
*''T. c. heothinus'': Eastern Panama (Darién)
 
*''T. c. virginalis'': Western [[Colombia]] to western [[Ecuador]] and north-western [[Peru]]
 
*''T. c. virginalis'': Western [[Colombia]] to western [[Ecuador]] and north-western [[Peru]]
 
*''T. c. subtropicalis'': Central Colombia
 
*''T. c. subtropicalis'': Central Colombia
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*''T. c. exoptatus'': Northern Colombia, northern Venezuela, [[Trinidad]] and [[Tobago]]
 
*''T. c. collaris'': Eastern Colombia to [[Bolivia]], [[Venezuela]] and the [[Guianas]]
 
*''T. c. collaris'': Eastern Colombia to [[Bolivia]], [[Venezuela]] and the [[Guianas]]
*''T. c. castaneus'': Tropical eastern Colombia to north-western [[Brazil]], eastern Peru and northern Bolivia
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*''T. c. castaneus'': central South America south of the Amazon, from Peru and Bolivia east to Pará; and eastern Brazil from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro
*''T. c. exoptatus'': Northern Colombia, northern Venezuela, [[Trinidad]] and [[Tobago]]
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*''T. c. eytoni'': Eastern Brazil
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The subspecies ''underwoodi'' and ''aurantiiventris'' were until recently considered a separate species: Orange-bellied Trogon (''Trogon aurantiiventris'')
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Edge of humid forest and in woodland. In both primary and secondary growth.
 
Edge of humid forest and in woodland. In both primary and secondary growth.

Revision as of 01:32, 22 February 2021

Subspecies exoptatus, Male on left, female on right
Photos © by Steve G
(Male) Bloody Bay, Roxborough Road, Tobago, 1 August 2006; (female) Main Ridge Reserve, Tobago, 30 July 2006
Trogon collaris

Includes Orange-bellied Trogon

Identification

25cm
Male

  • Green back, head and breast
  • White line separates breast from red underparts
  • Black-barred white undertail
  • Black wings with white vermiculations
Female, subspecies puella
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Bajos del Toro, Costa Rica, March 2008

Female

  • Brown back, head and breast
  • Paler red underparts

Variation

Subspecies aurantiiventris, Orange-bellied Trogon
Photo by Cedric K
El Cope National Park, Panama in March 2005

Orange-bellied Trogon

Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 10 subspecies[1]:

  • T. c. puella: Tropical and subtropical central Mexico to western Panama
  • T. c. underwoodi: Humid montane forests of nw Costa Rica
  • T. c. aurantiiventris: highlands of central and southern Costa Rica to western Panama
  • T. c. extimus: Subtropical eastern Panama
  • T. c. heothinus: Eastern Panama (Darién)
  • T. c. virginalis: Western Colombia to western Ecuador and north-western Peru
  • T. c. subtropicalis: Central Colombia
  • T. c. exoptatus: Northern Colombia, northern Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago
  • T. c. collaris: Eastern Colombia to Bolivia, Venezuela and the Guianas
  • T. c. castaneus: central South America south of the Amazon, from Peru and Bolivia east to Pará; and eastern Brazil from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro


The subspecies underwoodi and aurantiiventris were until recently considered a separate species: Orange-bellied Trogon (Trogon aurantiiventris)

Habitat

Edge of humid forest and in woodland. In both primary and secondary growth.

Behaviour

Breeding

It nests in a hole in a termite nest or tree. The clutch consists of 2 white eggs.

Diet

The diet includes insects and fruit.

Vocalisation

Call: caow, caow, caow.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. BirdForum Member observations
  4. Collar, N. (2019). Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/55704 on 30 July 2019).
  5. Inman, S. (2013). Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.coltro1.01

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