Elegant Trogon
Elegant Trogon: Iridescent green upperparts and breast. Red undertail and belly, separated from green breast by a white band, long iridescent copper green, square tail tipped in black. White undertail with black streaks. Often seen perching upright. Slow undulating flight, can be rapid when needed.
● Song:
"wehrr, rr, rr, rr, rr, rr", "kwerr, rrrerrr", "k row hr"
● Foraging & Feeding:
Elegant Trogon: Feeds on insects, berries, and fruits, which it often gathers by hovering.
● Breeding & nesting:
Elegant Trogon: Three to four white eggs are laid in a nest made of hay, straw, moss, wool, and feathers, in natural tree or abandoned woodpecker cavities 12 to 40 feet above the ground. Incubated by both sexes for about 23 days.
● Similar species:
Elegant Trogon: Eared Trogon has lager, dark bill. Larger patch of white on blue black tail. No white band across chest.
● Range & Habitat:
Elegant Trogon: Most adaptable, living in a wide variety of habitats ranging from tropical lowland forested floodplains, high elevation riparian woodlands, aird scrublands, woodlands, and temperate upland coniferous forests. Permanent resident in Mexico, also found in Arizona, southwestern New Mexico and the lower Rio Grande of south Texas.