Trogons (Trogonidae)
Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon massena) - HBW 6, p. 121
French: Trogon de Masséna
German: Schieferschwanztrogon
Spanish: Trogón Grande
Other common names: Massena Trogon; Chapman’s Trogon (australis)
Taxonomy: Trogon massena Gould, 1838, Mexico.
Perhaps most closely related to T. melanurus, T. clathratus and T. comptus. Race australis sometimes placed with T. melanurus; alternatively, when race macroura of latter is treated as full species, australis is sometimes considered a race of that. Race hoffmanni intergrades with nominate in N and with australis in S; this race is not well defined and possibly invalid. Three subspecies tentatively recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- massena Gould, 1838 - Caribbean slope of SE Mexico (E from Veracruz), Belize, N Guatemala, N Honduras, and both slopes in Nicaragua.
- hoffmanni (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) - Costa Rica (not dry NW) and Panama.
- australis (Chapman, 1915) - W Colombia and NW Ecuador.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male perched and catching a cecropia fruit in flight, returning to the same branch. Locality Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge, Osa Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp hoffmanni)
Alex García · Videoaves 10 July 2010 1 year ago 36 sec 4.4 -
Male perched and calling Locality Mayflower Bocawina National Park, Stann Creek District, Belize
Wayne Hall 2 March 2008 2 years ago 1 min 10 sec 4.2 -
Perched female Locality Metropolitan Natural Park, Panama City, Panama Province, Panama
Desmond Allen 28 January 2011 34 weeks ago 17 sec 3.8 -
A female perched close on a branch. Locality Chan Chich, Gallon Jug, Orange Walk District, Belize (ssp massena)
DAVID ASCANIO 1 December 2007 3 years ago 10 sec 3.7 -
A perched female seen from below. Locality Chan Chich, Gallon Jug, Orange Walk District, Belize (ssp massena)
DAVID ASCANIO 1 December 2007 3 years ago 21 sec 3.6 -
A female looking down on a branch. Locality Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge, Osa Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Alex García · Videoaves 10 July 2010 1 year ago 33 sec 3.5
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One female perched in a vine
Locality El Cantil Lodge, Nuquí, Choco Department, Colombia (ssp australis)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 21 September 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
Slaty-tailed Trogon (male)
Locality Panama
Joel Hedgpeth 2 March 2007 2 years ago 3.5 -
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Locality Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge, Osa Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Ron Flemal 27 January 2010 1 year ago 3.3 -
Slaty-tailed Trogon (female)
Locality Panama
Joel Hedgpeth 2 March 2007 2 years ago 3 -
A female in a tree.
Locality Ilan-Ilan Hotel, Tortuguero, Limón Province, Costa Rica (ssp hoffmanni)
karleene 28 December 2008 3 years ago 3 -
A female in a tree, looking to a side.
Locality Ilan-Ilan Hotel, Tortuguero, Limón Province, Costa Rica (ssp hoffmanni)
karleene 28 December 2008 3 years ago 3
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Calls from a male. Locality Humedal del Yalare Protected Forest, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
(ssp australis)
Nick Athanas 4 April 2007 2 years ago 4
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