Yellow trogon, Costa Rica (1 Viewer)

T

Thibaud

Well-known member

• Feb 13, 2016

• #1

Hi,

I'm sorting through old photos, and found this rather unfortunate shot, taken at La Suerte Biological Station (30 km east of La Selva). It is, of course, the only one I've got.
Would anyone care to venture a guess as to whether it is a gartered (my understanding it that's the more common species) or a black-throated trogon?

Cheers

 

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Tero

Retired

• Feb 13, 2016

• #2

This is almost like looking at pictures of Ivory Billed Woodpecker. There is one strong band on the tail but I can't make out the rest of the tail. The top picture in Wiki shows the one band
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartered_trogon

I don't know.

 

Andrew Whitehouse

Professor of Listening

Supporter

• Feb 13, 2016

• #3

It looks distinctly greyish on the upperparts and head, which is very much in favour of Gartered. I can't see any brownish tones, which I think would be fairly obvious on Black-throated even in a shot like this.

 

T

Thibaud

Well-known member

• Feb 13, 2016

• #4

Thanks to you both!

 

Birdingcraft

Well-known member

• Feb 13, 2016

• #5

Sorry, can't really say without seeing the head.