- Trogon (genus)
Taxobox
name = Trogon
image_width = 150 px
image_caption = Elegant Trogon
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Trogoniformes
familia =Trogonidae
genus = "Trogon"
genus_authority = Brisson, 1760"Trogon" is a
genus ofnear passerine bird s in thetrogon family. Its members occur in New World woodlands from southeasternArizona toArgentina .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.citation | last = Hilty | first = Steven L. | year = 2003 | title = Birds of Venezuela | publisher = Princeton University Press | pages = 438 | id = ISBN 0-691-09250-8 | url = http://www.amazon.com/dp/0691092508/ | accessdate = 2007-10-07] Their black faces are one distinction from
quetzal s, and they lack the colorful bare facial skin of their African counterparts, "Apaloderma ".citation | last1 = Williamson | first1 = Sheri L. | last2 = Colston | first2 = P. R. | year = 2003 | title = Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds | chapter = Trogons | editor =Christopher Perrins (editor) | pages = 362–363 | publisher = Firefly Books | id = ISBN 1-55297-777-3] Females and young are duller and often 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.pecies
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Black-headed Trogon , "Trogon melanocephalus"
*Citreoline Trogon , "Trogon citreolus"
*White-tailed Trogon , "Trogon viridis"
** Amazonian White-tailed Trogon, "Trogon (v.) viridis"
** Western White-tailed Trogon, "Trogon (viridis) chionurus"
*Baird's Trogon , "Trogon bairdii"
*Violaceous Trogon , "Trogon violaceus"
** Amazonian Violaceous Trogon, "Trogon (v.) violaceus"
** Northern Violaceous Trogon, "Trogon (violaceus) caligatus"
*Mountain Trogon , "Trogon mexicanus"
*White-eyed Trogon , "Trogon comptus"
*Collared Trogon , "Trogon collaris"
*Elegant Trogon , "Trogon elegans"
*Orange-bellied Trogon , "Trogon aurantiiventris"
*Masked Trogon , "Trogon personatus"
*Black-throated Trogon or Yellow-bellied Trogon, "Trogon rufus"
*Surucua Trogon , "Trogon surrucura"
** Brazilian Trogon, "Trogon (surrucura) aurantius"
*Blue-crowned Trogon , "Trogon curucui"
*Black-tailed Trogon , "Trogon melanurus"
** Ecuadorian Trogon, "Trogon (melanurus) mesurus"
*Slaty-tailed Trogon , "Trogon massena"
*Lattice-tailed Trogon , "Trogon clathratus"References
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