TROGONS & QUETZALS   -   TROGONIDAE


Resplendant Quetzal - Pharomachrus mocinno Resplendant Quetzal - Pharomachrus mocinno
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
Pavonine Quetzal - Pharomachrus pavoninus
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
White-tipped Quetzal - Pharomachrus fulgidus
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
Crested Quetzal
Pharomachrus antisianus
Manu road between Pillahuata and San Pedro, Cusco department, Peru.
Male.


White-tailed Trogon - Trogon viridis
Surucua Trogon - Trogon surrucura
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
Violaceous Trogon - Trogon violaceus
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 aurantiiventrisCollared Trogon - Trogon collaris
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
Masked Trogon - Trogon personatus
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 Black-throated Trogon - Trogon rufus
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
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Trogon massena hoffmanni
Parque Metropolitano, Panama City, Panama.
Male.











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