Trogons (Trogonidae)
Black-tailed Trogon (Trogon melanurus) - HBW 6, p. 122
French: Trogon à queue noire
German: Schwarzschwanztrogon
Spanish: Trogón Colinegro
Other common names: Large-tailed Trogon (macroura)
Taxonomy: Trogon melanurus Swainson, 1838, Demerara (= Georgetown), Guyana.
Closest relatives may be T. massena, T. clathratus and T. comptus. Probably forms a parapatric species pair with T. comptus. Present species sometimes thought to include race australis of T. massena. Race macroura sometimes suggested to be a distinct species, and T. massena australis then regarded by some authors as belonging therein. Birds from Amazonian Brazil sometimes separated as race occidentalis. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- macroura Gould, 1838 - C Panama (E of Canal Zone) to N Colombia and extreme NW Venezuela.
- mesurus (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) - W Ecuador and NW Peru.
- melanurus Swainson, 1838 - E of Andes from Colombia E through Venezuela to the Guianas and NE Brazil (Maranhão).
- eumorphus Zimmer, 1948 - Amazon Basin from E Ecuador and Peru E to NC Brazil (to E of Manaus), S to N Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male singing and flying away Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp melanurus)
Anna Motis 11 August 2006 4 years ago 18 sec 4.4 -
A male in a tree, singing. Locality Río Negro, Beni Department, Bolivia (ssp eumorphus)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2005 5 years ago 35 sec 3.8 -
A female perched and flying away Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp eumorphus)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2005 6 years ago 12 sec 3.4 -
front view of male with heavily worn tail Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp eumorphus)
Martin Kennewell 6 September 2006 24 weeks ago 21 sec 3.3 -
A male perched and regurgitating a seed. Locality Cerro Blanco Protected Forest, Guayaquil, Guayas Province, Ecuador (ssp mesurus)
Richard Garrigues 5 February 2010 1 year ago 17 sec 3 -
A female in a tree and flying away. Locality Río Negro, Beni Department, Bolivia (ssp eumorphus)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2005 5 years ago 29 sec 2.9
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adult female "Ecuadorian Trogon"
Locality Jorupe Reserve, Loja Province, Ecuador (ssp mesurus )
Dusan Brinkhuizen 16 August 2011 21 weeks ago 4.2 -
Perched on a branch
Locality Urucará, Amazonas State, Brazil
Glauco Kohler 9 February 2011 7 weeks ago 3 -
A male perched on a branch, near the lake; Un macho entre las ramas de la vegetación de la orilla del lago.
Locality Cocha Salvador, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
José M. Formentí 21 July 2009 2 years ago 3 -
Adult Male on the longest trail.
Locality Panama Rainforest Discovery Center, Gamboa, Panama Province, Panama
Octavio Rios 17 January 2011 1 year ago 2.9
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Song Locality Bagne des Annamites, Montsinéry-Tonnegrande, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 6 May 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
Calls from a male. Locality Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
(ssp melanurus?)
Nick Athanas 2 February 2006 2 years ago 4
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