Trogon
Lattice-tailed Trogon (Trogon clathratus)
The range of this species extends throughout the Atlantic slope of Central America, from northern Costa Rica in the west to north-central Panama in the east.
Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.
Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon massena)
The range of this species extends throughout Central America from southern Mexico in the northwest to easternmost Panama in the southeast, and from here throughout the western coastline of Colombia to northwestern Ecuador in the south.
Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:
T. m. massena - found from southeast Mexico in the north, south into Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua
T. m. hoffmanni - found throughout Costa Rica and Panama, extending into northwest Colombia.
T. m. australis - found throughout western Colombia and northwest Ecuador
Photograph of a wild individual (
T. m. massena) taken at La Milpa, Belize by
@Neil chace :
Photograph of a wild individual (
T. m. hoffmanni) taken at Rincon De La Veija, Costa Rica by
@Newzooboy :
Blue-tailed Trogon (Trogon comptus)
The range of this species extends throughout the humid forest foothills of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador.
Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.
Ecuadorian Trogon (Trogon mesurus)
Endemic to the coastal lowlands of western Ecuador.
Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.
Black-tailed Trogon (Trogon melanurus)
The range of this species represents a pair of disjunct populations found throughout the lowland rainforests of northern and central South America and immediately-adjacent regions of Central America; from eastern Panama into northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela; and throughout the Amazon Basin and adjacent regions.
Four subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:
T. m. macroura - found from east-central Panama in the west, through northern Colombia into northwest Venezeula.
T. m. melanurus - found throughout the northern Amazon Basin, from southern Colombia in the west to the Guianas and northeast Brazil in the east.
T. m. eumorphus - found throughout the Amazon Basin
T. m. occidentalis - endemic to southeast Brazil in the Sao Paolo region.
Photograph of a captive individual of unclear subspecies taken at Dallas World Aquarium, USA by
@CMP :
Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus)
The range of this species extends throughout much of Central America, from southern Mexico to northern Costa Rica.
Two subspecies are currently recognised as follows:
T. m. melanocephalus - found throughout the Caribbean slope of Central America, from southern Mexico to northeast Costa Rica.
T. m. illaetabilis - found throughout the Pacific slope of Central America, from El Salvador to northwestern Costa Rica.
Photograph of a wild individual
(T. m. melanocephalus) taken at Hopkins, Belize by
@MonkeyBat :
Citreoline Trogon (Trogon citreolus)
Endemic to the Pacific coastline of western Mexico.
Two subspecies are currently recognised as follows:
T. c. citreolus - found throughout the Pacific slope of Mexico from Sinaloa to Oaxaca.
T. c. sumichrasti - endemic to the Pacific coastal plain of Mexico in Oaxaca and Chiapas.
No photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.
White-tailed Trogon (Trogon chionurus)
The range of this species extends throughout Panama into northern South America west of the Andes, as far south as west-central Ecuador.
Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.
Green-backed Trogon (Trogon viridis)
The range of this species extends throughout much of northern and central South America east of the Andes, from south-central Colombia in the north to central Bolivia in the south, and east throughout the Amazon Basin and Guianas; disjunct populations occur in coastal southeast Brazil and on Trinidad in the Caribbean.
Monotypic.
Photograph of a captive individual taken at Zoo Zurich, Switzerland by
@Maguari :
Baird's Trogon (Trogon bairdii)
Endemic to the Pacific rainforests of Costa Rica and western Panama.
Monotypic.
Photograph of a wild individual taken at Uvita, Costa Rica by
@Newzooboy :
Gartered Trogon (Trogon caligatus)
The range of this species extends throughout Central America and northwest South America, from central Mexico in the northwest to northwest Peru in the southeast, and as far east as northwest Venezuela.
Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:
T. c. sallaei - found throughout the Caribbean and Pacific coastal slopes of eastern and southern Mexico, and from here as far east as Nicaragua.
T. c. concinnus - found throughout Costa Rica and Panama, and along the Pacific coastline of Colombia and Ecuador to northwestern Peru.
T. c. caligatus - found from the Atlantic coastline of northeast Panama into northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela.
Photograph of a wild individual
(T. c. sallaei) taken at Hill Bank, Belize by
@Neil chace :
Guianan Trogon (
Trogon violaceus)
The range of this species extends throughout the Guianas and into adjacent regions of Venezuela, northern Brazil and Trinidad.
Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.
Amazonian Trogon (Trogon ramonianus)
The range of this species extends throughout the Amazon Basin.
Two subspecies are currently recognised as follows; however, their validity and distribution is suspect.
T. r. ramonianus - found throughout the range of the species, barring the following:
T. r. crissalis - restricted to northeastern Brazil, south of the Rio Amazonas and east of the Rio Tapajós.
Photograph of a wild individual
(T. r. ramonianus) taken at Cuyabeno Wildlife Preserve, Ecuador by
@ronnienl :
Blue-crowned Trogon (Trogon curucui)
The range of this species extends throughout much of the southern Amazon Basin and adjacent regions of central South America east of the Andes, from south-central Colombia in the north to north-central Argentina in the south, and from here into southwest and east-central Brazil.
Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:
T. c. peruvianus - found throughout the eastern foothills of the Andes, from south-central Colombia to northwest Bolivia, and east into north-central Brazil.
T. c. curucui - found throughout central and eastern Brazil.
T. c. behni - found throughout eastern and southern Bolivia, and from here into north-central Argentina, Paraguay and southwest Brazil.
Photograph of a wild individual
(T. c. peruvianus) taken in the Peruvian Amazon by
@devilfish :
Surucua Trogon (Trogon surrucura)
The range of this species extends throughout much of southern Brazil into adjacent regions of Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay.
Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:
T. s. aurantius - found throughout east-central and southeast Brazil.
T. s. surrucura - found from eastern Paraguay and northeast Argentina into the extreme southeast of Brazil and probably Uruguay.
No photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.
Northern Black-throated Trogon (Trogon tenellus)
The range of this species extends throughout the humid forests of Central America and immediately-adjacent regions of South America, from the Caribbean coastline of Honduras in the north to the extreme northwest of Colombia in the south.
Monotypic.
Photograph of a wild individual taken at Carara National Park, Costa Rica by
@Newzooboy :
Choco Black-throated Trogon (Trogon cupreicauda)
The range of this species is restricted to the humid lowland forests west of the Andes in western Colombia and northwest Ecuador.
Monotypic; no photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.
Amazonian Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus)
Endemic to the northern Amazon Basin and adjacent regions of South America east of the Andes.
Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:
T. r. rufus - found from eastern Venezuela, throughout the Guianas into northeastern Brazil.
T. r. amazonicus - found throughout southern Venezuela and adjacent regions of northern Brazil.
T. r. sulphureus - found from southern Colombia and adjacent regions of southwestern Venezuela, throughout Amazonian Peru and Ecuador, into western and west-central Brazil.
No photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.
Atlantic Black-throated Trogon (Trogon chrysochloros)
The range of this species extends throughout the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil, and west into extreme northeastern Argentina and eastern Paraguay.
Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:
T. c. muriciensis - endemic to the Murici forest of Alagoas, Brazil.
T. c. chrysochloros - found throughout the species range, barring the above.
Photograph of a wild individual (
T. c. chrysochloros) taken by
@Therabu
Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans)
The range of this species represents a pair of patchily-distributed disjunct populations; throughout much of western and southern Mexico, with migratory populations extending into the extreme south-central USA; and throughout Central America from Guatemala and Honduras into northwest Costa Rica.
Five subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:
T. e. goldmani - Summer breeding populations occur in the oak-pine woodlands of southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico in the USA; resident populations occur throughout northwestern Mexico as far south as northern Sinaloa.
T. e. ambiguus - found throughout eastern Mexico from Tamaulipas west to Nayarit and south to Oaxaca, and rarely north into the extreme southeast of Texas in the USA.
T. e. canescens - Summer migrant populations occur in the extreme south of the USA in southeast Arizona, southwest New Mexico, and adjacent regions of northern Mexico; resident in the Sonora, Sinaloa and western Chihuahua regions of Mexico.
T. e. elegans - found throughout Guatemala and El Salvador, extending into central and southwest Honduras.
T. e. lubricus - found from Honduras in the north to northwest Costa Rica in the south.
Photograph of a wild individual
(T. e. canescens) taken at Madera Canyon, Arizona by
@Arizona Docent :
Mountain Trogon (Trogon mexicanus)
The range of this species represents a patchy distribution of disjunct populations throughout the highland forests of northern and central Central America, from northwestern Mexico to central Honduras.
Two subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:
T. m. clarus - endemic to the mountains of northwest Mexico, from southwest Chihuahua and eastern Sinaloa into Durango.
T. m. mexicanus - found throughout the remainder of the species range, from central Mexico to Honduras.
No photographs of this taxon currently exist in the Zoochat gallery.
Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris)
The range of this species represents a widespread distribution throughout the humid forests of South America, from the Pacific and Caribbean coastlines of southern and eastern Mexico in the north, south to the extreme southwest of Ecuador west of the Andes, and throughout the Amazon Basin, Guianas and adjacent regions of central and northern South America east of the Andes; a disjunct population is present in the Atlantic Forest of southeast Brazil.
Ten subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:
T. c. puella - found throughout the coastal slopes of Central America as far east as central Panama.
T. c. underwoodi - endemic to the montane forests of northwest Costa Rica.
T. c. aurantiiventris - found throughout the montane forests of Costa Rica and Panama.
T. c. extimus - endemic to the Darién province of eastern Panama.
T. c. heothinus - endemic to the Serranía del Darién on the border between Panama and Colombia.
T. c. virginalis - found throughout western Colombia and western Ecuador.
T. c. subtropicalis - endemic to the Magdalena and Cauca Valleys of western Colombia.
T. c. exoptatus - found throughout the Sierra de Perijá of Colombia; the Coastal Range and Andes of Venezuela, and into Trinidad and Tobago.
T. c. collaris - found throughout much of western and north-central South America north of the Amazon, from Colombia east to the Guianas.
T. c. castaneus - found throughout central South America south of the Amazon, from Peru and Bolivia east to central Brazil; also the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil.
Photograph of a captive individual
(T. c. puella) taken at Chester Zoo, UK by
@gentle lemur :
Photograph of a wild individual
(T. c. aurantiiventris) taken at Selvatura National Park, Costa Rica by
@Newzooboy :
Masked Trogon
(Trogon personatus)
The range of this species extends throughout the humid montane forests of the Andes in South America, from northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela in the north to south-central Bolivia in the south; disjunct populations extend patchily throughout the tepuis of Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil.
Nine subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:
T. p. sanctaemartae - endemic to the Santa Marta massif of northern Colombia.
T. p. ptaritepui - endemic to the tepuis of southeast Venezuela.
T. p. personatus - found throughout the subtropical montane zones of northern Colombia and adjacent northwest Venezuela, and throughout the eastern Andes from east-central Colombia in the north to eastern Peru in the south.
T. p. assimilis - found throughout the western Andes from western Colombia in the north to western Ecuador and northwest Peru in the south.
T. p. temperatus - found throughout the humid temperate zone of the central and eastern Andes in Colombia and Ecuador.
T. p. heliothrix - endemic to the temperate zone of the eastern slope of the Andes in Peru.
T. p. submontanus - found throughout the Andes of southeast Peru and Bolivia.
T. p. duidae - endemic to the tepuis of south-central Venezuela.
T. p. roraimae - endemic to the tepuis of southwest Guyana and the extreme north of Brazil.
Photograph of a wild individual
(T. p. temperatus) taken at Guango Lodge, Ecuador by
@ronnienl
