Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
Brazilian name: surucuá-de-barriga-amarela
October 2008
The Black-throated Trogon is distributed from Honduras south through Central America and into western Colombia and Ecuador, the Amazon and Orinoco Basins and with disjunct populations in eastern and south-eastern Brazil, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina.
It is found in the middle levels of rainforest and its borders where it feeds on insects as well as fruits.
The male, shown here, has a pale blue eye-ring and a greenish-yellow bill. Its face and throat is black while the remaining upperparts are metallic blue-green. The breast and belly are bright yellow. The uppertail is olive tipped black while the undertail varies by subspecies but is generally evenly barred black and white with white tips.
There are recordings on xeno-canto, a distribution map from NatureServe and additional information available via Avibase. There is a page in Portuguese on Wikiaves.
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