Trogons (Trogonidae)
Bar-tailed Trogon (Apaloderma vittatum) - HBW 6, p. 105
French: Trogon à queue barrée
German: Bergtrogon
Spanish: Trogón Montano
Taxonomy: Hapaloderma vittatum Shelley, 1882, Mamboio, Tanzania.
Has on occasion been separated in monospecific genus Heterotrogon. Population in W half of Africa sometimes separated subspecifically as camerunense, and birds from Bioko (Fernando Póo) occasionally further separated as francisci, but characters apparently not constant for either of these forms. Monotypic.
Distribution: Mountains in SE Nigeria, NW Cameroon, W Angola (Mt Moco); Bioko (Fernando Póo); also Albertine Rift in E Zaire, W Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, and mountains in Kenya, Tanzania, NE Zambia, Malawi and N Mozambique (Mt Namuli).
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A female on a mossy branch Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 5 years ago 22 sec 3.6 -
A perched female viewed from below before flying away. Locality Zovo Chipolo Forest, Nyika Plateau, Northern Region, Malawi (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 26 October 2005 25 weeks ago 28 sec 3.5 -
Rear views of a perched male, which is initially calling. Another can be heard calling in the background. Locality Zovo Chipolo Forest, Nyika Plateau, Northern Region, Malawi (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 26 October 2005 25 weeks ago 38 sec 3.2 -
A female viewed from the side and then flying away Locality Zovo Chipolo Forest, Nyika Plateau, Northern Region, Malawi (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 26 October 2005 25 weeks ago 12 sec 3
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Adult in hand.
Locality Amani, Tanzania
John Innes 28 July 1977 24 weeks ago 2.8 -
Male on forest-edge.
Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
Tom Tarrant 7 January 2006 3 years ago 2
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