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Trogon elegans

Gould, 1834

Elegant Trogon

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Least concernIUCN
Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans). © Arthur Quinlan; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library.
© Arthur Quinlan; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library
Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans). © Fernando Burgalin Sequeria; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library.
© Fernando Burgalin Sequeria; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library
Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans). © Fernando Burgalin Sequeria; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library.
© Fernando Burgalin Sequeria; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library
Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans). © Fernando Burgalin Sequeria; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library.
© Fernando Burgalin Sequeria; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library
Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans). © Fernando Burgalin Sequeria; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library.
© Fernando Burgalin Sequeria; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library
Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans). Photo by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Public Domain (U.S. Government Work), via ECOS.
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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.101307
Element CodeABNWA02070
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderTrogoniformes
FamilyTrogonidae
GenusTrogon
Other Common Names
Trogon élégant (FR) Trogón Elegante (ES)
Concept Reference
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Taxonomic Comments
Composed of two groups: ambiguus of southwestern U.S. and Mexico (Coppery-tailed Trogon) and elegans of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica (Elegant Trogon) (AOU 1998).
Conservation Status
Review Date1996-12-02
Change Date1996-12-02
Range Extent Comments
RESIDENT: southern Arizona and northern Mexico south to northwestern Costa Rica. Northernmost populations partially migratory, casual in Arizona in winter, casual in southwestern New Mexico and southern Texas (AOU 1983).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Open woodland, pine-oak association, scrubby woodland and second growth, primarily in arid or semi-arid situations, less frequently in humid woodland (Tropical to lower Temperate zones) (AOU 1983). Mountain canyons. Costa Rica: hillsides, ravines, gullies, evergreen forest; usually keeps well up in canopy, coming lower to nest or feed (Stiles and Skutch 1989). Nests usually in natural tree cavities or abandoned woodpecker holes, 2-12 m above ground.

Ecology

Usually solitary or in pairs. Breeding males had home ranges averaging 76-205 hectares in southeastern Arizona (Hall 1996).

Reproduction

Nests April-July in Costa Rica; often 2 broods (Stiles and Skutch 1989). Clutch size is 3-4.
Terrestrial Habitats
Woodland - HardwoodWoodland - Mixed
Palustrine Habitats
Riparian
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN1N,N3B
ProvinceRankNative
New MexicoS1B,S1NYes
ArizonaS3Yes
Roadless Areas (8)
Arizona (6)
AreaForestAcres
GaliuroCoronado National Forest28,333
GaliuroCoronado National Forest28,333
TumacacoriCoronado National Forest44,594
TumacacoriCoronado National Forest44,594
Upper Rincon RoadlessCoronado National Forest2,991
Upper Rincon RoadlessCoronado National Forest2,991
New Mexico (2)
AreaForestAcres
Peloncillo (NM)Coronado National Forest43,339
Peloncillo (NM)Coronado National Forest43,339
References (11)
  1. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1983. Check-list of North American Birds, 6th edition. Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas. 877 pp.
  2. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in <i>The Auk</i>]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
  3. BirdLife International. 2004b. Threatened birds of the world 2004. CD ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
  4. Hall, L. S. 1996. Habitat selection by the Elegant Trogon (TROGON ELEGANS) at multiple scales. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson.
  5. Howell, S. N. G., and S. Webb. 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
  6. Parker III, T. A., D. F. Stotz, and J. W. Fitzpatrick. 1996. Ecological and distributional databases for neotropical birds. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  7. Phillips, A., J. Marshall, and G. Monson. 1964. The birds of Arizona. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
  8. Sibley, D. A. 2000a. The Sibley guide to birds. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
  9. Stiles, F. G. and A. F. Skutch. 1989. A guide to the birds of Costa Rica. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, USA. 511 pp.
  10. Terres, J. K. 1980. The Audubon Society encyclopedia of North American birds. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
  11. Zook, J. L. 2002. Distribution maps of the birds of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Unpublished.