Collared Trogon

Copyright: monacoeye • El Valle, Panama, April 2010 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Collared Trogon
Latin: Trogon collaris
Other: T. aurantiiventris
Family: Trogonidae • Trogons
Range: E Mexico through Amazonia, SE Brazil

Pictured here is the Orange Bellied Trogon, which is an orange-bellied colour morph of the Collared Trogon. The Orange-bellied Trogon was previously considered a separate species T. aurantiiventris, found in Costa Rica and Western Panama.

The more typical Collared Trogon has a red belly. Males have green head, white chest line and striped tail. Females have brown head white chest line and mostly white tail.