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Black Headed Trogon

Trogon melanocephalus

Description:

Black bird with blue/green back and blue ring around the eyes

Habitat:

Sub tropical rain forest

1 Species ID Suggestions

Jellis
Jellis 9 years ago
Black-headed Trogon
Trogon melanocephalus Black-headed trogon


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2 Comments

RobinGraves
RobinGraves 9 years ago

Thanks Jellis, that certainly looks like it. It did flash some yellow as it flew off!

Jellis
Jellis 9 years ago

This species has the blue eye-ring. Your image you can't see if it has a yellow belly

RobinGraves
Spotted by
RobinGraves

Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico

Spotted on Feb 25, 2015
Submitted on Apr 2, 2015

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