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| - | ;Trogon melanocephalus | + | [[Image:d12_0217.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|Gary+Clark|Gary Clark}}<br />Location: Cobå, [[Querétaro]], [[Mexico]]]] |
| - | [[Image:Black-headed_Trogon.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by mo miller]] | + | ;[[:Category:Trogon|Trogon]] melanocephalus |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | Location: Belize Central America | + | Black head, upperparts and chest. Yellow underparts. Black and white barred tail. The black eye with bluish-white eyering is diagnostic. Grey bill, legs and feet. |
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| | + | ==Distribution== |
| | + | [[Central America]]: found in [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]] and [[Costa Rica]] |
| | + | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== |
| | + | There are 2 subspecies: |
| | + | *''T. m. melanocephalus'': |
| | + | :*Gulf-Caribbean slope of eastern [[Mexico]] to north-eastern [[Costa Rica]] |
| | + | *''T. m. illaetabilis'': |
| | + | :*Western [[Costa Rica]] |
| | + | ==Habitat== |
| | + | Rainforests and dry tropical woodland; fields with scattered trees. |
| | + | ==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. |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | + | The diet includes caterpillars. |
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| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase |
| | + | #BF Member observations |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Trogon+melanocephalus}} | | {{GSearch|Trogon+melanocephalus}} |
| - | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Trogon]] |
Revision as of 17:22, 1 February 2012
- Trogon melanocephalus
Identification
Black head, upperparts and chest. Yellow underparts. Black and white barred tail. The black eye with bluish-white eyering is diagnostic. Grey bill, legs and feet.
Distribution
Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
There are 2 subspecies:
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Habitat
Rainforests and dry tropical woodland; fields with scattered trees.
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.
Diet
The diet includes caterpillars.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
- BF Member observations
External Links
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