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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A male singing and flying away Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp melanurus)
Anna Motis 11 August 2006 2 years ago 18 sec 4.7 -
A male in a tree, singing Río Negro, Beni, Bolivia (ssp eumorphus)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2005 3 years ago 34 sec 3.8 -
A female perched and flying away Amazonia Lodge, Manu National Park, Madre de Dios, Peru (ssp eumorphus)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2005 4 years ago 12 sec 3.4 -
A female in a tree and flying away Río Negro, Beni, Bolivia (ssp eumorphus)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2005 3 years ago 27 sec 2.7 -
A male perched on a branch Manu National Park, Madre de Dios, Peru (ssp eumorphus)
Virgilio Yábar Cal... 21 September 2001 6 years ago 21 sec 2.6
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A male perched on a branch, near the lake; Un macho entre las ramas de la vegetación de la orilla del lago. Cocha Salvador, Manu National Park, Madre de Dios, Peru
José M. Formentí 21 July 2009 21 weeks ago 3.3
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Calls from a male. Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
(ssp melanurus?)
Nick Athanas 2 February 2006 13 weeks ago 4
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