The Chocó trogon (''Trogon comptus''), also known as the white-eyed trogon or blue-tailed trogon, is a species of

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in the family

Trogonidae The trogons and quetzals are birds in the order Trogoniformes which contains only one family, the Trogonidae. The family Trogonidae contains 46 species in seven genera. The fossil record of the trogons dates back 49 million years to the Early E ...

, the quetzals and trogons. It is found in Colombia and

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.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 August 2021. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved August 24, 2021

Taxonomy and systematics

The Chocó trogon is

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Description

The Chocó trogon is about long and weighs about . The male has a yellow bill, a black face and throat, and a white eye. Its crown, back, and breast are green with a bluish tinge, the rump purplish blue, and the belly and vent area red. The upperside of the tail is purplish blue with a broad black tip and the underside is slaty. The folded wing is gray with

vermiculation Vermiculation is a surface pattern of dense but irregular lines, so called from the Latin ''vermiculus'' meaning "little worm" because the shapes resemble worms, worm-casts, or worm tracks in mud or wet sand. The word may be used in a number of ...

. The female differns in having a slaty

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and gray head, back, breast, and upper belly.Collar, N. (2020). Blue-tailed Trogon (''Trogon comptus''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.buttro1.01 retrieved October 25, 2021

Distribution and habitat

The Chocó trogon is found from Colombia's northern

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and northeastern

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s south into northwestern Ecuador's

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. It inhabits the interior and edges of humid and wet forest. It favors hilly terrain from sea level to of elevation.

Behavior

Feeding

Nothing is known about the Chocó trogon's foraging behavior or diet. Evidence of the Chocó trogon eating fruits and arthropods has been found through stomach content analysis.

Breeding

Individuals in breeding condition were noted in March but nothing else is known about the Chocó trogon's breeding

phenology Phenology is the study of periodic events in biological life cycles and how these are influenced by seasonal and interannual variations in climate, as well as habitat factors (such as elevation). Examples include the date of emergence of leav ...

Vocalization

The Chocó trogon's song is "a slow repetition of 7-15 'cow' notes" and its call "a fast 'krr-krr-krr'."

Status

The IUCN has assessed the Chocó trogon as being of Least Concern, though it population is unknown and believed to be decreasing.

References

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