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. 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.