Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
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Boa Nova, Bahia, Brazil 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. |
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The female has a brown head,
breast and upperparts and is yellow below with a white band
between upper and lower breast.
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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