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Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans)

Sourcedominic sherony · Wikimedia Commons

BS-0067

Elegant Trogon

Trogon elegans

The Elegant Trogon adult male has metallic green upperparts and upper breast, contrasting with a scarlet lower breast and belly and a black face and throat. Fine black vermiculations mark the gray wing panels; the long, square-tipped tail has outer feathers with white undersides narrowly barred in black. A narrow band of white feathers separates the green upper breast from the scarlet underparts.

Family
Trogonidae
Region
North America · Central America & Caribbean
Range
Central America/SW USA
Habitat
Woodland
Dominant color
Red
Conservation status
Least Concern

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