TROGONS & QUETZALS   -   TROGONIDAE

Resplendant Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno mocinno Lagos de Montebello, Chiapas state, Mexico. Male. For me, this is undoubtedly the most spectacular member of the family, and ranks very high among the world's most beautiful birds. This male has only one tail streamer, but they can have more, like the Costa Rica bird below. The tail streamers are lengthened uppertail coverts, not tail feathers. (S5)

Resplendant Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno costaricensis Savegre Valley, San José province, Costa Rica. Male. This pair (female is below) was nesting right by the main road going down the Savegre Valley, on 16 March 2005. (D2)		Resplendant Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno costaricensis Savegre Valley, San José province, Costa Rica. Male. The same individual as in the previous photo, showing most of its tail. (D2)

Resplendant Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno costaricensis Savegre Valley, San José province, Costa Rica. Female. The mate of the male in the previous two photos. (D2)		Pavonine Quetzal Pharomachrus pavoninus pavoninus Manu Wildlife Center, Madre de Dios dept., Peru. Male. It occurs widely throughout the Amazon basin, but never seems to be common. (D2)

White-tipped Quetzal Pharomachrus fulgidus fulgidus Slopes of Cerro Humo, Paria peninsula, Sucre state, Venezuela. Male. Possibly a young bird as it is not showing the very long upper-tail coverts, like the bird in the next photo. (D3)		White-tipped Quetzal Pharomachrus fulgidus festatus San Lorenzo ridge, Sierra de Santa Marta, Magdalena department, Colombia. Note the very long "tail streamers" (upper tail coverts).(D3)

Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus Manu road between Pillahuata and San Pedro, Cusco department, Peru. Male. (D2)

Citreoline Trogon Trogon citreolus sumichrasti Zipolite, Oaxaca state, Mexico. Male. Endemic to the Pacific coast of Mexico. (S5)		Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus melanocephalus Campamento La Jungla, Catemaco, Veracruz state, Mexico. Male. (S5)

White-tailed Trogon Trogon chionurus El Paujil reserve, Santander department, Colombia. Male. Birds west of the Andes have now been split by the SACC. Those east of the Andes are now called Green-backed Trogon, T. viridis. (D3)		Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura aurantius Caraça reserve, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Male. An example of the northern, yellow bellied race. The nominate race has a red belly. (D3)

Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui bolivianus Amazonia Lodge, Madre de Dios department, Peru. Female. (D1)

Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus braccatus Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Veracruz state, Mexico. Male. Recently split from Violaceous Trogon T. violacea. (S5)		Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus caligatus El Paujil reserve, Santander department, Colombia. Male. (D3)

Orange-bellied Trogon Trogon aurantiiventris aurantiiventris(?) Cerro Gaital, Cocle province, Panama. Male. Endemic to montane cloudforests of Panama and Costa Rica. (S2f)

Collared Trogon Trogon collaris virginalis Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha prov, Ecuador. Male. (D3)		Collared Trogon Trogon collaris puella North of Mapastepec, Chiapas state, Mexico. Male. The tail feathers lack the broad white tips. (D3)

Masked Trogon Trogon personatus assimilis Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Male. (D1)		Masked Trogon Trogon personatus ptaritepui La Escalera (Sierra de Lema), Bolívar state, Venezuela. Male. This subspecies (endemic to the tepuis of E Venezuela and adjacent Guyana & Brazil) should have a golden tinge to the back, which I think I can see in this photo. (D3)

Masked Trogon Trogon personatus temperatus(?) Cajanuma sector of Podocarpus NP, Loja province, Ecuador. Female. Subspecies uncertain - based on elevation (about 2500 m), it is more likely to be temperatus than the nominate. Females of the two races are very similar. (S5)

Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus cupreicauda Milpe, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Male. (D1)		Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus chrysochloros Serra da Graciosa, Paraná state, Brazil. Male. Note the more finely barred tail than the race shown in the previous photo. (D4)

Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena hoffmanni Parque Metropolitano, Panama City, Panama. Male. (S2f)		Blue-tailed Trogon Trogon comptus Mangaloma reserve, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Male. Also often called Choco Trogon, which is a more appropriate name considering it is a Chocó endemic, and less confusing as well. Blue-tailed Trogon is also sometimes used for trogons of the genus Apalharpactes from Sumatra and Java. (S6)

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