Black-tailed trogon

Black-tailed trogon

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Trogoniformes
Family:	Trogonidae
Genus:	Trogon
Species:	T. melanurus
Binomial name
*Trogon melanurus* Swainson, 1838

The black-tailed trogon (Trogon melanurus) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. It is found in humid forest in the Amazon basin, north-western South America and adjacent Panama. The taxon mesurus from western Ecuador and far north-western Peru was formerly considered a subspecies of the black-tailed trogon, but is now considered a separate species, the Ecuadorian trogon.

Female Black-tailed Trogon

References

↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Trogon melanurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

Trogons (order: Trogoniformes · family: Trogonidae)
Genus	Species
Apaloderma	Narina trogon Bare-cheeked trogon Bar-tailed trogon
Apalharpactes	Javan trogon Sumatran trogon
Harpactes	Malabar trogon Red-naped trogon Diard's trogon Philippine trogon Whitehead's trogon Cinnamon-rumped trogon Scarlet-rumped trogon Red-headed trogon Orange-breasted trogon Ward's trogon
Priotelus	Cuban trogon Hispaniolan trogon
Trogon	Black-headed trogon Citreoline trogon White-tailed trogon Baird's trogon Guianan trogon Amazonian trogon Gartered trogon Mountain trogon White-eyed trogon Collared trogon Elegant trogon Orange-bellied trogon Masked trogon Black-throated trogon Surucua trogon Northern Surucua trogon Blue-crowned trogon Black-tailed trogon Green-backed trogon Ecuadorian trogon Slaty-tailed trogon Lattice-tailed trogon
Euptilotis	Eared quetzal
Pharomachrus	Resplendent quetzal Crested quetzal White-tipped quetzal Golden-headed quetzal Pavonine quetzal

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