Gartered Trogon (Trogon caligatus) [XC690425]
by Sue Riffe from Valle Escondido Preserve, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (call)
Gartered Trogon (Trogon caligatus) [XC273550]
by Peter Boesman from RNA El Paujil, Santander, Colombia (song)
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).