TROGONS & QUETZALS   -   TROGONIDAE

Resplendant Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno costaricensis Savegre Valley, San José province, Costa Rica. Male. For me anyway, this is undoubtedly the most spectacular member of the family, and ranks very high among the world's most beautiful birds. The pair was nesting right by the main road going down the Savegre Valley, on 16 March 2005.		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.

Resplendant Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno costaricensis Savegre Valley, San José province, Costa Rica. Female. The mate of the male in the previous two photos.		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.

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.		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).

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

White-tailed Trogon Trogon viridis chionurus El Paujil reserve, Santander department, Colombia. Male.		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.

Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui bolivianus Amazonia Lodge, Madre de Dios department, Peru. Female.		Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus caligatus(?) El Paujil reserve, Santander department, Colombia. Male.

Orange-bellied Trogon Trogon aurantiiventris aurantiiventris(?) Cerro Gaital, Cocle province, Panama. Male. Endemic to montane cloudforests of Panama and Costa Rica.		Collared Trogon Trogon collaris virginalis Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Male.

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.		Masked Trogon Trogon personatus assimilis Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Male.

Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus cupreicauda Milpe, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Male.		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.

Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena hoffmanni Parque Metropolitano, Panama City, Panama. Male.

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