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− | + | [[Image:d12_0217.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|Gary+Clark|Gary Clark}}<br />Location: Cobá, [[Querétaro]], [[Mexico]]]] | |
− | [[Image: | + | ;[[:Category:Trogon|Trogon]] melanocephalus |
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==Identification== | ==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. | |
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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:
- 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.
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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-headed Trogon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 March 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-headed_Trogon