Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus)

Family
Trogonidae (Trogons)

Size
28 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1836

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador (B) (NB), Guatemala (B) (NB), Honduras, Mexico (B) (NB), Nicaragua.

Atlantic slope of south-eastern Mexico (including islands off Quintana Roo), northern Guatemala, Belize, and northern Honduras; also Pacific slope of El Salvador, and Nicaragua and northern Costa Rica.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (33)...)

Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) [XC486146]
by Mario Reyes Jr from Eco Finca Luna del Puente, Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Departamento de Cort\u00e9s, Honduras (song)

Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) [XC522429]
by Paul Driver from Chan Chich lodge, Laguna Seca, Belize (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Green-backed Trogon (Trogon viridis), Baird's Trogon (Trogon bairdii) and Citreoline Trogon (Trogon citreolus) and sometimes considered conspecific with Citreoline Trogon (Trogon citreolus). Populations of western Costa Rica described as subspecies illaetabilis on basis of paler belly, but this character apparently not constant.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

melanocephalus Gould, 1836 - South-eastern Mexico to northern Costa Rica.
illaetabilis Bangs, 1909 - Western Costa Rica.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) - 10 files

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