- Trogon personatus
Identification
Male: Green head, chest, and back on male, with black mask, black eye with orange surround, and red breast separated from chest with narrow white band.
Female: Similar, except that green plumage is replaced by light brown, eye surround is gray, and there is a small white patch behind the eye. Yellow bill, black primaries.
Similar Species
All trogons are similar, but undertail is diagnostic to separate this from the others: Note three white bands, with fine white and black striping between. Range is also indicative; others occupy different elevations.
- Collared Trogon: Tail stripes bolder, occurs below 1300m.
- Blue-crowned Trogon: Bluish-green head, bolder tail stripes, only on eastern slopes below 1100m.
- Black-tailed Trogon: Black undertail, white eye, below 800m. on both slopes.
Distribution
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. See Taxonomy section for detailed distribution of subspecies.
Taxonomy
Nine subspecies are recognized:[1]
- T. p. sanctaemartae - Santa Marta Mountains, ne Colombia
- T. p. ptaritepui - s Venezuela
- T. p. personatus - w Venezuela, e Colombia, e Peru
- T. p. assimils - w [[Ecuador], ne Peru
- T. p. temperatus - Andes of c Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- T. p. heliothrix - Montane forests, Peru
- T. p. submontanus - Foothills of Andes, s Peru and Bolivia
- T. p. duidae - s Venezuela, restricted to Mt. Duida
- T. p. roraimae - along the Venezuela-Guyana border
Habitat
Lower and middle moist montane forests between 1500m. and 3000m., both slopes of Andes
Behaviour
A patient, relatively tame species that perches almost motionless on branches, to sally forth for insects, then returns often to the same perch. Usually seen in mating pairs.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Masked Trogon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 March 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Masked_Trogon
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