Birds of Nicaragua BETA

    TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae (Trogons)  
Genus: Trogon (6 species, 20 worldwide)

Trogons are slender colorful birds that inhabit tropical forests worldwide. Sizes rance from 23 to 33 cm.. American Trogons comsume both fruits and insects, and consume both by taking the food item in flight. Nests are made in holes in rotting wood, termite or wasp nests.


Gartered Trogon
Gartered Trogon (Trogon caligatus) Male
ProAves Blue-billed Curassow Reserve, Puerto Pinzon, Boyaca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Gartered Trogon
Gartered Trogon (Trogon caligatus sallaei) Male
Rio Danta, Guapiles, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Gartered Trogon
Gartered Trogon (Trogon caligatus) Female
Zafra Reserva Natural, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A small trogon. Note broken (or thin at top/bottom) eye-ring on female, and yellow eye-ring on male.
From back with broken eye-ring.

Collared Trogon
Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris collaris) Male
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
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Collared Trogon
Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris) Female
Minga Ecolodge, Cali, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Generally found below 1800 m.
A Andean male.
An unusual orange-bellied individual reminiscent of the Orange-bellied Trogon in Costa Rica that was lumped with the Collared Trogon.

Elegant Trogon
Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans)
USA  
   
Photograph by Dominic Sherony     Copyright and usage info

The northernmost Trogon

Slaty-tailed Trogon
Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon massena) Male
Darien, Panama  
   
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Slaty-tailed Trogon
Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon massena hoffmanni) Female
Soberania National Park, Panama
  Female is overall greyish, but has a red belly like the male.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Black-headed Trogon
Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus)
Tarcoles, Puntarenas, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Black-headed Trogon
Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus)
Bajamar, Puntarenas, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Black-throated Trogon
Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus) Male
Tirimbina, Costa Rica  
   
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Black-throated Trogon
Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus) Female
Mutatá, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
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Black-throated Trogon
Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus tenellus) Female
Tirimbina, Costa Rica  
   
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Sometimes called the Rufous Trogon because the female has head, back and back of tail are rufous. Male has green back, unlike other trogons with yellow.
An interesting bird apparently changing colors.


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