Black-tailed trogon

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Black-tailed trogon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Trogoniformes
Family: Trogonidae
Genus: Trogon
Species:
T. melanurus
Binomial name
Trogon melanurus
Swainson, 1838

The black-tailed trogon (Trogon melanurus) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. It is found in humid forest in the Amazon basin, north-western South America and adjacent Panama. The taxon mesurus from western Ecuador and far north-western Peru was formerly considered a subspecies of the black-tailed trogon, but is now considered a separate species, the Ecuadorian trogon.

Female Black-tailed Trogon
San Francisco Reserve, Darien - Panama

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2013). "Trogon melanurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)