The Violaceous (Amazonian) Trogon is distributed in the Amazon Basin. Howard and Moore 2013 and the South American Classification Committee classify Trogon romanianus as a species in its own right for the reasons set out here. However, the HBW and Birdlife International Checklist treat it as a sub-species of Violaceous Trogon.

The male, shown here in photos 1, 2 and 3, has a pale grey greenish bill and a yellow eye-ring. The crown, neck and chest are a shiny violet blue. The belly is yellow and the undertail has even black and white horizontal stripes with white tips to the feathers.

There are recordings and a distribution map on xeno-canto.