Biology:Choco black-throated trogon

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Choco black-throated trogon
Trogon cupreicauda - Choco Black-throated Trogon.jpg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)(as a species complex)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Trogoniformes
Family: Trogonidae
Genus: Trogon
Species:
T. cupreicauda
Binomial name
Trogon cupreicauda
(Chapman, 1914)
Trogon cupreicauda map.svg

The Choco black-throated trogon (Trogon cupreicauda), also known as Kerr's black-throated trogon[2] is a bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae.

Details

It breeds in lowlands of western Colombia and western Ecuador.[3] It has a yellow belly, pale blue eyerings and a yellow bill. Like all trogons, the Choco black-throated trogon has distinct sexual dimorphism. Male has a greenish-blue upperpart, while female has a brown one.[4] It was previously considered conspecific with other black-throated trogons.[3]

See also

Black-throated trogon (disambiguation)

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Trogon rufus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22682810A92961740. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22682810A92961740.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22682810/92961740. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. "A Classification of the Bird Species of South America". South American Classification Committee. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline05.htm. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Template:IOC birdlist
  4. J. van Dort; P. Pyle (2023). "Choco Black-throated Trogon (Trogon cupreicauda), version 1.0". Birds of the World. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.bkttro5.01. 


Wikidata ☰ Q123100630 entry