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Photo by Cedric K
Location: Pipeline Road, Panama
Left photo shows female, right shows male bird

Trogon rufus

[edit] Identification

23-24 cm.
Male

• Green head, upper breast and back
• Black throat and face
• Yellow belly
• White undertail, barred black
• Black and white wing coverts
• Yellow bill.
  

Female

• Brown head, upper breast and back
• Rufous upper tail
• Yellow belly.

[edit] Distribution

Northern Argentina, Honduras and western Ecuador.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 6 subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Lowlands, damp forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes arthropods and fruit.

[edit] Breeding

The nest is an unlined shallow cavity, and 2 white eggs are laid.

[edit] Vocalisation

Call: krrrrrr; song: cuh cuh cuh cuh.

[edit] References

1. Wikipedia

[edit] External Links

• View movie-file of this species (in Picasa video format) here