Choco Black-throated Trogon

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Trogon cupreicauda

Distribution

Tropical western Colombia and western Ecuador

Taxonomy

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

• Northern Black-throated Trogon - Tropical south-eastern Honduras to extreme north-western Colombia
• Choco Black-throated Trogon - Tropical western Colombia and western Ecuador
• Amazonian Black-throated Trogon - Amazonian South America from eastern Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru to Amazonian Venezuela and the Guianas, as well as to Amazonian Brazil
• Atlantic Black-throated Trogon - northeastern Brazil to Paraguay and northeastern Argentina

Subspecies

This is a monotypic species[1].

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Choco Black-throated Trogon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Choco_Black-throated_Trogon

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