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.
There is a broken white eye-ring on the female while you can also see the white barring on the wings. The black undertail has white edges with black notches.
There are recordings and a distribution map on xeno-canto, a distribution map by Natureserve and additional information is available via Avibase. There is a page in Portuguese on Wikiaves. .
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