Biology:Coppery-tailed trogon
| Coppery-tailed trogon | |
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| File:Trogon ambiguus.JPG | |
| Trogon ambiguus, drawing by J.& E. Gould | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Trogoniformes |
| Family: | Trogonidae |
| Genus: | Trogon |
| Species: | T. ambiguus
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| Binomial name | |
| Trogon ambiguus Gould, 1835
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The coppery-tailed trogon (Trogon ambiguus) is a bird in the family Trogonidae formerly considered conspecific with the elegant trogon (Trogon elegans). It is found in south-eastern Arizona, extreme south-western New Mexico and much of Mexico either side of the Sierra Madre Occidental.
Taxonomy
The coppery-tailed trogon was formally described and illustrated in 1835 by the English ornithologist John Gould from specimens collected in northern Mexico. He coined the current binomial name, Trogon ambiguus.[2][3] The specific epithet ambiguus is Latin meaning "doubtful" or "uncertain".[4] The coppery-tailed trogon has sometimes been considered as a subspecies of the elegant trogon (Trogon elegans).[5]
Three subspecies are recognised:[6]
- Trogon ambiguus canescens Van Rossem, AJ, 1934 – oak-pine woodland of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico to northwestern Mexico (Sinaloa)
- Trogon ambiguus ambiguus Gould, J, 1835 – northern Nuevo León and central Tamaulipas westward to Nayarit and southward to Oaxaca (eastern to southern Mexico)
- Trogon ambiguus goldmani Nelson, EW, 1898 – Islas Marías (off western Mexico)
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2022). "Trogon ambiguus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T22726838A152434233.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22726838/152434233. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ↑ Gould, John (1835). A Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons. 1. London: self. Plate 8 and text (plates not numbered). https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52311526.
- ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 154. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480165.
- ↑ Jobling, James A.. "ambiguus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=ambiguus.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (February 2025). "Mousebirds, Cuckoo Roller, trogons, hoopoes, hornbills". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/mousebirds/.
- ↑ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. http://www.avilist.org/checklist/v2025/.
Wikidata ☰ Q19596459 entry
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