Trogons (Trogonidae)

Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus) - HBW 6, p. 118

French: Trogon aurore German: Schwarzkehltrogon Spanish: Trogón Amarillo
Other common names: Graceful Trogon, Yellow-bellied Trogon

Taxonomy: Trogon rufus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Cayenne.
Possibly closest to T. mexicanus, T. elegans, T. collaris, T. personatus and T. curucui; DNA studies suggest that middle three of these may be nearest relatives. Six subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

tenellus Cabanis, 1862 - E Honduras, Nicaragua, both slopes of Costa Rica (except NW) and Panama, and extreme NW Colombia.
cupreicauda (Chapman, 1914) - W Colombia and W Ecuador.
rufus J. F. Gmelin, 1788 - E Venezuela and the Guianas to N Brazil (R Negro region and Amapá).

See all 6 subspecies

tenellus Cabanis, 1862 - E Honduras, Nicaragua, both slopes of Costa Rica (except NW) and Panama, and extreme NW Colombia.
cupreicauda (Chapman, 1914) - W Colombia and W Ecuador.
rufus J. F. Gmelin, 1788 - E Venezuela and the Guianas to N Brazil (R Negro region and Amapá).
sulphureus Spix, 1824 - SE Colombia, E Ecuador, NE Peru and W Brazil.
amazonicus Todd, 1943 - NC Brazil (lower Amazon Valley).
chrysochloros Pelzeln, 1856 - Paraguay, NE Argentina and E & SE Brazil (Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul, and including Mato Grosso); presumably this race in NE Brazil (Alagoas).