Trogon (genus)

Trogon is a genus of near passerine 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.

Species

 * Black-throated Trogon/Yellow-bellied Trogon, Trogon rufus
 * Elegant Trogon, Trogon elegans
 * Mountain Trogon, Trogon mexicanus
 * Masked Trogon, Trogon personatus
 * Highland Trogon, Trogon (personatus) temperatus
 * Collared Trogon, Trogon collaris
 * Orange-bellied Trogon, Trogon aurantiiventris
 * Lattice-tailed Trogon, Trogon clathratus
 * Ecuadorian Trogon, Trogon mesurus
 * Slaty-tailed Trogon, Trogon massena
 * Blue-tailed Trogon/Chocó Trogon, Trogon comptus
 * Black-tailed Trogon, Trogon melanurus
 * Black-headed Trogon, Trogon melanocephalus
 * Citreoline Trogon, Trogon citreolus
 * Green-backed Trogon, Trogon viridis
 * White-tailed Trogon, Trogon chionurus
 * Baird's Trogon, Trogon bairdii
 * Gartered Trogon, Trogon caligatus
 * Amazonian Trogon, Trogon ramonianus
 * Surucua Trogon, Trogon surrucura
 * Guianan Trogon/Violaceous Trogon, Trogon violaceus
 * Brazilian Trogon, Trogon (surrucura) aurantius
 * Blue-crowned Trogon, Trogon curucui