New World Trogons
Trogon
Trogon is a genus of Coraciimorphae birds in the trogon family. Its members occur in forests and woodlands of the Americas, ranging from southeastern Arizona to northern Argentina.
They have large eyes, stout hooked bills, short wings, and long, squared-off, strongly graduated tails; black and white tail-feather markings form distinctive patterns on the underside. Males have richly colored metallic plumage, metallic on the upperparts. Although many have brightly coloured bare eye-rings, they lack the colorful patches of bare facial skin in their African counterparts, Apaloderma. Females and young are duller and sometimes hard to identify in the field. Eggs are white or bluish-white, unlike the pale blue eggs of quetzals. See the family account for further details.
25 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 24 known species
Black-headed Trogon
speciesTrogon melanocephalus
Gartered Violaceous Trogon
speciesTrogon caligatus
Slaty-tailed Trogon
speciesTrogon massena
Collared Trogon
speciesTrogon collaris
Coppery-tailed Trogon
speciesTrogon ambiguus
Citreoline Trogon
speciesTrogon citreolus
Surucua Trogon
speciesTrogon surrucura
Graceful Black-throated Trogon
speciesTrogon tenellus
Green-backed Trogon
speciesTrogon viridis
Masked Trogon
speciesTrogon personatus
Blue-crowned Trogon
speciesTrogon curucui
Mountain Trogon
speciesTrogon mexicanus
Black-tailed Trogon
speciesTrogon melanurus
White-tailed Trogon
speciesTrogon chionurus
Atlantic Black-throated Trogon
speciesTrogon chrysochloros
Elegant Trogon
speciesTrogon elegans
Baird's Trogon
speciesTrogon bairdii
Ecuadorian Trogon
speciesTrogon mesurus
Blue-tailed Trogon
speciesTrogon comptus
Guianan Violaceous Trogon
speciesTrogon violaceus
Amazonian Violaceous Trogon
speciesTrogon ramonianus
Amazonian Black-throated Trogon
speciesTrogon rufus
Choco Black-throated Trogon
speciesTrogon cupreicauda
Lattice-tailed Trogon
speciesTrogon clathratus
Trogon curucui × surrucura
hybridTrogon curucui × surrucura
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)
François Le Vaillant · 1807 · p.554
François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)
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François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)
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François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)
François Le Vaillant · 1807 · p.551
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