Priotelus
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Priotelus | |
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Cuban Trogon | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Trogoniformes |
Family: | Trogonidae |
Genus: | Priotelus G.R. Gray, 1840 |
Species | |
P. temnurus | |
Priotelus is a genus of birds in the Trogon family. It contains two species:
- Cuban Trogon or Tocororo, Priotelus temnurus, endemic to the Caribbean island of Cuba
- Hispaniolan Trogon, Priotelus roseigaster, on the island of Hispaniola shared by Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic.
References
- American Ornithologists' Union. Check-list of North American Birds - Trogoniformes. Accessed on April 17, 2009.
- BirdLife International 2004. Priotelus temnurus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
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