Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui

Brazilian name: surucuá-de-barriga-vermelha

The Blue-crowned Trogon is found in a variety of habitats from eastern Colombia, Ecuador and Peru through the Amazon Basin south of the river Amazon and into northeast Brazil. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in a wide variety of habitats from forest to scrub

It eats insects and small fruits and often joins mixed species flocks.

The male has a bill that is pale greyish-horn with a greenish, bluish or yellowish tinge. It also has an orange eye-ring. The face and throat are blackish while the crown neck and breast are a glossy greenish-blue as is the upper tail. The wing panel appears grey though it is actually black with fine white vermiculations.