Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Trogons :: White-tailed Trogon

White-tailed Trogon Trogon viridis

Described by: Linnaeus (1766)
Alternate common name(s): Snow-tailed Trogon, Green-backed Trogon, Amazonian White-tailed Trogon, Western White-tailed Trogon
Old scientific name(s): Trogon chionurus, Trogon bairdii, Trogon strigilatus

Photographs

Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Ecuador - Jan 15, 2006 © William Hull  Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Ecuador - Jan 15, 2006 © William Hull  Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama - Jan 19, 2004 © Glen Tepke  Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama - Jan 19, 2004 © Glen Tepke  Mana, French Guiana - Jul 21, 2002 © Pascal Dubois 
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Range

N. and Amazonian South America and e. Brazil;
Fragmented distribution with disjunct major population;
(1) E. Panama, w. Colombia and w. Ecuador.
(2) Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Guiana to e. Peru, Amazonian Brazil and n. Bolivia.
(3) Se. Brazil (c. and e. Bahia, Chapada Diamantina).

Videos

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Sounds

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References

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

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