Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus)

Other Names (World)
Black-throated Trogon, Graceful Trogon, Yellow-bellied Trogon

Family
Trogonidae (Trogons)

Size
23 - 25 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gmelin, 1788

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (145)...)

Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus) [XC29494]
by Renan Campos de Oliveira from Fazenda caetes, nr Vargem Alta, Esperito Santo, Brazil (call)

Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus) [XC521110]
by Mauricio \u00c1lvarez-Rebolledo (Colecci\u00f3n de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) from PNN Chiribiquete, cu\u00f1ar\u00e9, Colombia (?)

Subspecies
Possibly closest to Mountain Trogon (Trogon mexicanus), Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans), Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris), Masked Trogon (Trogon personatus) and Blue-crowned Trogon (Trogon curucui). DNA studies suggest that Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans), Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris) and Masked Trogon (Trogon personatus) may be nearest relatives.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

tenellus Cabanis, 1862 - Eastern Honduras, Nicaragua, both slopes of Costa Rica (except north-west) and Panama, and extreme north-western Colombia.
cupreicauda (Chapman, 1914) - Western Colombia and western Ecuador.
rufus Gmelin, 1788 - Eastern Venezuela and the Guianas to northern Brazil (R Negro region and Amap�).
sulphureus von Spix, 1824 - South-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru and western Brazil.
amazonicus Todd, 1943 - North-central Brazil (lower Amazon Valley).
chrysochloros Pelzeln, 1856 - Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina and eastern and south-eastern Brazil (Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul, and including Mato Grosso); presumably this subspecies in north-eastern Brazil (Alagoas).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus) - 10 files

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