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| − | + | [[Image:Black-headed_Trogon.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|mo+miller|mo miller}} <br />[[Belize]], [[Central America]], September 2006]] | |
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | *Black head, upperparts and chest | |
| + | *Yellow underparts | ||
| + | *Black and white barred tail | ||
| + | *Black eye with bluish-white eye ring is diagnostic | ||
| + | *Grey bill, legs and feet | ||
| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Central America]]: found in [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]] and [[Costa Rica]] | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | ====Subspecies==== | ||
| + | There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
| + | *''T. m. melanocephalus'': | ||
| + | :*Gulf-Caribbean slope of eastern [[Mexico]] to north-eastern [[Costa Rica]] | ||
| + | *''T. m. illaetabilis'': | ||
| + | :*Western [[Costa Rica]] | ||
| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | [[Image:Black-headed Trogon female Playa Hermosa Costa Rica.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, [[Costa Rica]], November 2011]] | ||
| + | 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. | ||
| + | ====Vocalizations==== | ||
| + | <flashmp3>20120506_082600Black-headed_Trogon-edit.mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
| + | ''[[Media:20120506_082600Black-headed_Trogon-edit.mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
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| + | <br />Recording by {{user|njlarsen|NJLarsen}}, Vigia Chico Rd, Quintana Roo, [[Mexico]] 06 May 2012. Bird is subspecies ''melanocephalus''. The sound is a duet by two (or more?) birds. Chirps from other species are also heard. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#Avibase | ||
| + | #BF Member observations | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | + | {{GSearch|Trogon+melanocephalus}} | |
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Trogon]] [[Category:Bird Songs]] |
Revision as of 22:24, 29 June 2012
- Trogon melanocephalus
Identification
- Black head, upperparts and chest
- Yellow underparts
- Black and white barred tail
- Black eye with bluish-white eye ring is diagnostic
- Grey bill, legs and feet
Distribution
Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- 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.
Vocalizations
<flashmp3>20120506_082600Black-headed_Trogon-edit.mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
Recording by NJLarsen, Vigia Chico Rd, Quintana Roo, Mexico 06 May 2012. Bird is subspecies melanocephalus. The sound is a duet by two (or more?) birds. Chirps from other species are also heard.
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Avibase
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-headed Trogon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-headed_Trogon
