The Green-backed Trogon is found in the Amazon and Orinoco basins. There is a disjunct population in eastern Brazil. See the distribution map at xeno-canto.

It inhabits a variety of forest and woodland habitats where it feeds on fruits, berries and insects.

They usually excavate a nest hole out of a termite nest in a tree.

The female, seen here in photos 3, 4 and 5, is grey rather than green and violet and has more black on the tail but still has the yellow belly and the pale blue eye-ring.

Until recently this species has been lumped with White-tailed Trogon T. chionurus