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[[Image:1047Slaty-tailed Trogon.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|blubird|blubird}}<br />[[Costa Rica]], January 2007]]
 
;[[:Category:Trogon|Trogon]] massena
 
;[[:Category:Trogon|Trogon]] massena
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'''Includes Chapman's Trogon'''
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==Identification==
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[[Image:Slaty-tailed Trogon female .jpg|thumb|325px|right|Female, subspecies ''hoffmenni''<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Lago Bayano, Chepo, Panamá Province, [[Panama]], February 2018]]
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33–35 cm (13-13¾ in)
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*Dark grey tail
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*Grey [[Topography#Wings|wing coverts]] with fine black and white [[Dictionary_T-Z#V|vermiculations]]<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Green back, head and breast
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*Red belly
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*Orange bill<br />
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'''Female'''
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*Dark grey back, head and breast
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*Red belly
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*Bill black and orange
  
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[[Image:1047Slaty-tailed Trogon.jpg|thumb|350px|right|'''Male.'''  Photo by blubird<br />Location: [[Costa Rica]].]]
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When seen directly from below, the tail can look silvery, where it really is dark slaty grey.
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[[Image:d09_1096.jpg|thumb|350px|right|'''Female.''' Photo by {{user|Gary+Clark|Gary Clark}}. <br/>Location: La Selva Biological Research Station, [[Costa Rica]].]]
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====Similar Species====
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The orange-red bill is important in separating this species from [[Black-tailed Trogon]].
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==Identification==
 
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30 cm.    Dark grey tail, apparently grey wing coverts finely vermiculated in black and white. The male has a green back, head and breast, red belly and orange bill. The female has a dark grey back, head and breast, red belly and only partially orange bill, most of the upper mandible being black.  When seen directly from below, the tail can look silvery, where it really is dark slaty grey. The orange-red bill is important in separating this species from [[Black-tailed Trogon]].
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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From [[Mexico]] to [[Ecuador]]
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[[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]<br />
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'''Central America''': [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]]<br />
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'''South America''': [[Colombia]] and [[Ecuador]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Three subspecies: ''massena'', ''hoffmanni'', and ''australis''.
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Three subspecies:
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*''T. m. massena'':
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:*Humid lowland forests of south-eastern [[Mexico]] to [[Nicaragua]]
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*''T. m. hoffmanni'':
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:*[[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]] to extreme north-western [[Colombia]]
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*''T. m. australis'' '''Chapman's Trogon''':
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:*Coastal Pacific [[Colombia]] to north-western [[Ecuador]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Canopy and higher levels of damp tropical forests.  
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Low to mid-level mature wet forest, secondary forest and forest edges.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
 
The diet includes insects and fruit.
 
The diet includes insects and fruit.
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====Breeding====
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Both sexes excavate nests 3-15 m high, with an ascending tunnel leading to a chamber, in an occupied termite nest or decaying tree trunk. 3 white or blue-white eggs are laid.
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The nest is excavated by both adults between 3-15 m in the trunk of a decayed tree or a termite mound. The clutch of 3 white or bluish-white eggs is laid in a chamber accessed by a tunnel.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Avibase
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#Wikipedia
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#BF Member observations
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Trogon+massena}}
 
{{GSearch|Trogon+massena}}
  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Trogon]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Trogon]]

Revision as of 23:15, 5 March 2018

Male
Photo by blubird
Costa Rica, January 2007
Trogon massena

Includes Chapman's Trogon

Identification

Female, subspecies hoffmenni
Photo by Stanley Jones
Lago Bayano, Chepo, Panamá Province, Panama, February 2018

33–35 cm (13-13¾ in)

Male

  • Green back, head and breast
  • Red belly
  • Orange bill

Female

  • Dark grey back, head and breast
  • Red belly
  • Bill black and orange

When seen directly from below, the tail can look silvery, where it really is dark slaty grey.

Similar Species

The orange-red bill is important in separating this species from Black-tailed Trogon.

Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama
South America: Colombia and Ecuador

Taxonomy

Three subspecies:

  • T. m. massena:
  • T. m. hoffmanni:
  • T. m. australis Chapman's Trogon:

Habitat

Low to mid-level mature wet forest, secondary forest and forest edges.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects and fruit.

Breeding

The nest is excavated by both adults between 3-15 m in the trunk of a decayed tree or a termite mound. The clutch of 3 white or bluish-white eggs is laid in a chamber accessed by a tunnel.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia
  4. BF Member observations

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