Gartered Trogon (Trogon caligatus) [XC283492]
by Alfonso Auerbach from Reserva de la Biosfera R\u00edo Pl\u00e1tano - Casa de Tabla, Colon, Honduras (call)
Gartered Trogon (Trogon caligatus) [XC318958]
by Jacob R. Saucier from Cayo; Moonracer Farm, Belize (call)
Subspecies
Trogon violaceus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993; Stotz et al. 1996) has been split into Violaceous Trogon (Trogon violaceus) and Gartered Trogon (Trogon caligatus) following SACC (2009).
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Violaceous Trogon (Trogon violaceus).
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
sallaei Bonaparte, 1856 - Caribbean slope of eastern and southern Mexico, also Pacific slope of southern Mexico, and Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and northern Honduras; possibly this subspecies in Nicaragua. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Violaceous Trogon (Trogon violaceus).
concinnus Lawrence, 1862 - Costa Rica, Panama (except Caribbean slope of Darién), western Colombia, western Ecuador and north-western Peru. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Violaceous Trogon (Trogon violaceus).
caligatus Gould, 1838 - Eastern Mexico to north-western SA. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Violaceous Trogon (Trogon violaceus).