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Black-headed Trogon

Trogon melanocephalus

Description:

yellow breast; white ring around eyes, white stripes on tail, dark blue/ dary grey wings.

Habitat:

dry tropical forest

Notes:

spotted this bird perched on the cable, while testing the Guardabarranco Zipline Ride at the O Park.

1 Species ID Suggestions

tbrett
tbrett 10 years ago
Black headed trogon
Trogon melanocephalus Black-headed Trogon


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2 Comments

Karla Morales
Karla Morales 10 years ago

The pattern in the tail looks like the pattern in the Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo and the Mangrove Cuckoo. Beautiful colors!!

tbrett
tbrett 10 years ago

Like your photos much better than the wiki!

Indio Jones
Spotted by
Indio Jones

Rivas, Nicaragua

Spotted on Aug 12, 2013
Submitted on Sep 3, 2013

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