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Trogon melanocephalus

Contents 1 Identification 2 Distribution 3 Taxonomy 3.1 Subspecies 4 Habitat 5 Behaviour 5.1 Diet 5.2 Vocalizations 6 References 7 External Links

[edit] Identification

• Black head, upperparts and chest
• Yellow underparts
• Black and white barred tail
• Black eye with bluish-white eye ring is diagnostic
• Grey bill, legs and feet

[edit] Distribution

Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• T. m. melanocephalus:

• Gulf-Caribbean slope of eastern Mexico to north-eastern Costa Rica

• T. m. illaetabilis:

• Western Costa Rica

[edit] Habitat

Rainforests and dry tropical woodland; fields with scattered trees.

[edit] Behaviour

A calm, confiding bird that often allows close approach. Will remain perched almost motionless on a limb at mid-level in the forest for many minutes at a time, slowly looking around. When food is found, it flies very quickly to capture it and return to a perch.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes caterpillars.

[edit] Vocalizations

Listen in an external program
Recording by NJLarsen, Vigia Chico Rd, Quintana Roo, Mexico 06 May 2012. Bird is subspecies melanocephalus. The sound is a duet by two (or more?) birds. Chirps from other species are also heard.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations

• List of references

[edit] External Links

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