Trogons (Trogonidae) - HBW 6

Black-tailed Trogon (Trogon melanurus)

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
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