Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Trogons :: Black-throated Trogon

Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus

Described by: Gmelin, J. F. (1788)
Alternate common name(s): Graceful Trogon, Yellow-bellied Trogon
Old scientific name(s): Trogon curucui

Photographs

Metropolitan Nature Park, Panama City, Panama - Jan 22, 2004 © Glen Tepke  Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama - Jan 22, 2004 © Glen Tepke  Costa Rica - Jan, 2000 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama - Jan 19, 2004 © R S Scanlon  Corcovado National Park, Puntarenas, Costa Rica - 2004 © R. Hays Cummins 
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Range

S. Central America and nw. South America. Amazonian South America. Se. tropical South America;
Three populations;
(1) Caribbean slope of se. Honduras and Nicaragua and both slopes in Costa Rica and Panama to nw. Colombia.
(2) W. Colombia and w. Ecuador.
(3) E. Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, Guiana and n. Brazil.
(4) E. Ecuador, e. Peru and w. Brazil.
(5) Ne. Brazil.
(6) S. Brazil (e. Bahia, Boa Nova), e. Paraguay and ne. Argentina.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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