Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris)

Identification & Behavior: ~25 cm (9.8 in). Males and Females Collared Trogon have red bellies and white-barred underside of the tail. Adult males are iridescent green with a narrow white breast band, an inconspicuous grayish orbital skin, pale orange bill, and a black mask. Females are brown without a black mask, yellowish bill, and dusky culmen, with a noticeable white eye ring. The Collared Trogon is distinguished from the similar Masked Trogon by a more thickly barred underside of the tail, grayish orbital skin (red in masked) and the absence of a black mask in females. Blue-crowned Trogon has a blue iridescent head and breast, and red orbital skin. Also, see Black-tailed Trogon and Pavonine Quetzal.  

Status: The Collared Trogon is uncommon in the Amazonian lowlands reaching elevations of up to 1200 m along the foothill of the Andes. It may have limited overlap with its very similar montane forest counterpart, the Masked Trogon. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Trogón Acollarado.

Sub-species: Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris) Vieillot, 1817.
T. c. collaris: E of Andes S to N Bolivia and WC Brazil. T. c. castaneus: lower Amazon and patchily in E Brazil.

Meaning of Name: Trogon: Gr. Trogo= gobble, nibble, chew. collaris: L. collare= collared, necklaced. In reference to conspicuous white breast band in the Collared Trogon.

See more of the Family Trogonidae