Mountain Trogon (Trogon mexicanus)

Other Names (World)
Mountain Trogon, Mexican Trogon

Family
Trogonidae (Trogons)

Size
30 - 31 cm

First Described (Guide)
Swainson, 1827

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, dry forest. From 800 - 3,500 m.

Range (Guide)

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico.

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
A regular ringing series 'co, co co, ...' or 'cah-oo, ..'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

Mountain Trogon (Trogon mexicanus) [XC475006]
by Jarrod Swackhamer from Santa Catarina Ixtepeji, Oaxaca, Mexico (song)

Mountain Trogon (Trogon mexicanus) [XC237499]
by Richard E. Webster from Reserva Biol\u00f3gica Yerbabuena (south side), Honduras (song)

Subspecies
Possibly most closely related to Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans), Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris), Masked Trogon (Trogon personatus), Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus) and Blue-crowned Trogon (Trogon curucui). Birds from Honduras sometimes separated as subspecies lutescens, but apparently indistinguishable from nominate.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

clarus Griscom, 1932 - North-western Mexico.
mexicanus Swainson, 1827 - Western, eastern and southern Mexico, southern Guatemala, southern Honduras and northern El Salvador.
lutescens Griscom, 1932 - Highlands of El Salvador and Honduras.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Mountain Trogon (Trogon mexicanus) - 10 files

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