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 Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecuador. Male. It occurs widely throughout the Amazon basin, but never seems to be common. (S6)

Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps auriceps Tandayapa, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Male. A classic Andean cloudforest species, also occurring in eastern Panama. (S8)

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 Yalare, Esmeraldas province, Ecuador. 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. (S7)

White-tailed Trogon Trogon chionurus Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Female. (S8)

Green-backed Trogon Trogon viridis viridis Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecuador. Female. (S6)

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. (S6)

Masked Trogon Trogon personatus assimilis Cajanuma sector of Podocarpus NP, Loja province, Ecuador. Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Female. (S6)

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)

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 photo below. (D4)		Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus chrysochloros Intervales State Park, São Paulo state, Brazil. Female. (S6)

Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus cupreicauda Milpe, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Male. (D1)

Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena hoffmanni La Selva OTS, Heredia province, Costa Rica. Male. (S6)

Blue-tailed (Chocó) Trogon Trogon comptus La Unión, Esmeraldas province, Ecuador. Male. Also often called Chocó Trogon, which is a more appropriate name considering it is a Chocó endemic, and less confusing as well. The English name "Blue-tailed Trogon" is also sometimes used for Asian trogons of the genus Apalharpactes from Sumatra and Java. (S7)		Blue-tailed (Chocó) Trogon Trogon comptus La Unión, Esmeraldas province, Ecuador. Female. (S7)

Ecuadorian Trogon Trogon mesurus Cerro Blanco, Guayas province, Ecuador. Male. Ranges in dry and semi-humid forest in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. (S8)