Trogons (Trogonidae)

Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris) - HBW 6, p. 117

French: Trogon rosalba German: Jungferntrogon Spanish: Trogón Acollarado
Other common names: Bar-tailed(!)/Jalapa Trogon (puella); Orange-bellied Trogon (“aurantiiventris”)

Taxonomy: Trogon collaris Vieillot, 1817, Cayenne.
Possibly closest to T. mexicanus, T. elegans, T. personatus, T. rufus and T. curucui; DNA studies suggest that nearest relatives may be middle three of these. Orange-bellied birds from Costa Rica and W Panama, described as aurantiiventris, sometimes treated as a separate species, and assortative pairing has been reported; since an identical individual has been taken in S Mexico (Oaxaca), however, this form is now considered to be no more than a morph of present species. Race puella sometimes regarded as a distinct species. Validity of race extimus questionable. Proposed race xalapensis (Jalapa) considered indistinguishable from puella; eytoni (Rio de Janeiro) apparently inseparable from castaneus; considerable uncertainty also attends status of proposed races underwoodi from NW Costa Rica and flavidior from Panama (Cerro Flores). Eight subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

puella Gould, 1845 - E Mexico S along both slopes of Central America to C Panama (Veraguas).
extimus Griscom, 1929 - NE Panama (E Darién).
heothinus Wetmore, 1967 - E end of Serranía del Darién.

See all 8 subspecies

puella Gould, 1845 - E Mexico S along both slopes of Central America to C Panama (Veraguas).
extimus Griscom, 1929 - NE Panama (E Darién).
heothinus Wetmore, 1967 - E end of Serranía del Darién.
virginalis Cabanis & Heine, 1863 - W Colombia and W Ecuador.
subtropicalis Zimmer, 1948 - subtropical zone of W Colombia in Magdalena and Cauca Valleys.
exoptatus Cabanis & Heine, 1863 - N Venezuela.
collaris Vieillot, 1817 - E of Andes (except N Venezuela) S to N Bolivia and WC Brazil; Trinidad and Tobago.
castaneus Spix, 1824 - lower Amazon and patchily in E Brazil.