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'''Male''' | '''Male''' | ||
| − | * | + | *Head, and mantle coppery green |
| − | * | + | **Throat and face black |
| − | * | + | *Rump bluish green |
| − | * | + | *Uppertail green to greenish-copper, with broad black terminal band; 50% of males have a green subterminal band |
| − | * | + | *Breast blue-green to golden-green |
| − | *White | + | *Belly yellow |
| − | * | + | **White band separating yellow belly from breast is incomplete in most, with some showing presence or complete absence |
| + | *Undertail barred black and white, 4-5 bars per cm | ||
| + | *Wing [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]] black and white with about 9-10 bars per cm | ||
| + | *Bill yellow | ||
| + | *Eye-ring yellow to yellow-green | ||
''' Female''' | ''' Female''' | ||
| − | * | + | *Head, upper breast and back brown with reddish to yellowish tones |
| − | *Rufous | + | *Uppertail Rufous-brown |
*Yellow belly | *Yellow belly | ||
| − | * | + | *Undertail barred black and white with 3-5 bars per cm; black bars narrower than white |
| + | **Undertail infused with brown | ||
| + | *Bill mostly yellow | ||
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#van Dort, J. and P. Pyle (2023). Choco Black-throated Trogon (Trogon cupreicauda), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg and M. A. Bridwell, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bkttro5.01 | #van Dort, J. and P. Pyle (2023). Choco Black-throated Trogon (Trogon cupreicauda), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg and M. A. Bridwell, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bkttro5.01 | ||
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- Trogon cupreicauda
Identification
23–25 cm (9-9¾ in)
Male
- Head, and mantle coppery green
- Throat and face black
- Rump bluish green
- Uppertail green to greenish-copper, with broad black terminal band; 50% of males have a green subterminal band
- Breast blue-green to golden-green
- Belly yellow
- White band separating yellow belly from breast is incomplete in most, with some showing presence or complete absence
- Undertail barred black and white, 4-5 bars per cm
- Wing coverts black and white with about 9-10 bars per cm
- Bill yellow
- Eye-ring yellow to yellow-green
Female
- Head, upper breast and back brown with reddish to yellowish tones
- Uppertail Rufous-brown
- Yellow belly
- Undertail barred black and white with 3-5 bars per cm; black bars narrower than white
- Undertail infused with brown
- Bill mostly yellow
- Pale eye-ring wider behind and in front of the eye
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].
Habitat
Behaviour
Vocalisation
References
- 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/
- 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/
- Paper discussing the taxonomy of the former members of Black-throated Trogon
- van Dort, J. and P. Pyle (2023). Choco Black-throated Trogon (Trogon cupreicauda), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg and M. A. Bridwell, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bkttro5.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Choco Black-throated Trogon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Choco_Black-throated_Trogon
External Links
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