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[[Image:Birdforum 210.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male, subspecies ''chrysochloros'' <br />Photo by {{user|Lcverissimo|Lcverissimo}}<br />Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, April 2014]]
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'''South America''': [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[French Guiana]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Brazil]], [[Argentina]]
 
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*''T. r. cupreicauda'':
 
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*''T. r. rufus'':
 
*''T. r. rufus'':
 
:*Eastern [[Venezuela]] to the [[Guianas]] and northern [[Brazil]] (Rio Negro region)
 
:*Eastern [[Venezuela]] to the [[Guianas]] and northern [[Brazil]] (Rio Negro region)
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:*Eastern [[Colombia]], eastern [[Ecuador]], north-eastern [[Peru]], southern [[Venezuela]] and western [[Brazil]]
 
:*Eastern [[Colombia]], eastern [[Ecuador]], north-eastern [[Peru]], southern [[Venezuela]] and western [[Brazil]]
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Lowland humid neotropical forest, Atlantic slope forest and neotropical mature wet lowlands.
 
Lowland humid neotropical forest, Atlantic slope forest and neotropical mature wet lowlands.

Revision as of 02:02, 13 May 2024

Male, subspecies chrysochloros
Photo by Lcverissimo
Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, April 2014
Trogon rufus

Identification

23–25 cm (9-9¾ in)
Male

  • Green head, upper breast and back
  • Black throat and face
  • Yellow bill
  • Pale blue eye-ring
  • Yellow belly
  • White undertail, barred black
  • Black and white wing coverts

Female

  • Brown head, upper breast and back
  • Rufous upper tail
  • Yellow belly
  • Mostly yellow bill
  • Pale eye-ring wider behind and in front of the eye

Variation

It is possible to find males of this species with yellow eye-ring

Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Argentina

Taxonomy

Black-throated Trogon was in 2024 split into four species:

Subspecies

Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:

  • T. r. rufus:
  • T. r. amazonicus:
  • T. r. sulphureus:

Habitat

Lowland humid neotropical forest, Atlantic slope forest and neotropical mature wet lowlands.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of arthropods and fruit, though they may eat less fruit than other similar trogons.

Breeding

The nest is an unlined shallow cavity, and 2 white eggs are laid.

Vocalisation

Call: krrrrrr
Song: cuh cuh cuh cuh

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. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Jan 2018)
  5. Birdforum thread with report of yellow eye-ring in Black-throated Trogon

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