Orange-bellied trogon

The orange-bellied trogon (Trogon collaris aurantiiventris) is a subspecies of the collared trogon in the family Trogonidae. It is now usually considered as a morph of the collared trogon, but was previously sometimes treated as a separate species.[2][3] It is found in the Talamancan montane forests of Costa Rica and Panama.

This article is about the Central American species. For the South American species, see Trogon aurantius.

Orange-bellied trogon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Trogoniformes
Family: Trogonidae
Genus: Trogon
Species:
T. collaris
Subspecies:
T. c. aurantiiventris
Trinomial name
Trogon collaris aurantiiventris
Gould, 1856

Description

It measures 26 cm (10 in) long. The back, head and breast of the male are green, and a white line separates the breast from the orange underparts. The undertail is white with black barring, and the wings are black, vermiculated with white. The female has a brown back, head and breast, a relatively uniform undertail (not clearly barred), and underparts that are slightly paler than in the male. It is distinguished from the collared trogon by belly colour alone.[4]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Trogon aurantiiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  2. DaCosta, J.M.; Klicka, J. (2008). "The Great American Interchange in birds: a phylogenetic perspective with the genus Trogon". Molecular Ecology. 17 (5): 1328–1343. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03647.x. PMID 18302692. S2CID 25090736.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Mousebirds, trogons, Cuckoo Roller". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  4. Angehr, George R.; Dean, Robert (2010). The Birds of Panama. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7.
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