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Trogon caligatus
The Gartered Trogon (Trogon caligatus), also known as the Northern Violaceous Trogon, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It is found in forests in east-central Mexico, south through Central America, to north-western South America (west or north of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela) It nests in a wasp, ant or termite nest or a hole in a rotten tree, with a typical clutch of two or three white eggs.
They live in the canopy and edges, dry and wet areas, gallery forests, old secondary forest, cocoa plantations.. This one was seen in the canopy of primary rainforest in Selva Verde, Costa Rica.
Some debate about wether this is Trogon caligatus, as some authorities split Violaceous Trogon into 2 species. A northern form and an exclusively South American (Amazon basin) form.
So then Jeff, bayucca, which one should I go for!? Do you agree with the split? Whoever wrote the article in wiki seems to...
Hmmmm. It seems that Violaceous was split by some authorities & Gartered (Northern Violaceous Trogon) would therefore be the correct species for Central America. The striped tail makes it a male. If you don't accept the split then this would be Trogon violaceus concinnus.
@Jeff: Trogon caligatus is now the Northern race of Trogon violaceus from South America.
I am not 100% sure! Please, verify!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiderhunte...
http://tolweb.org/Trogon_caligatus/92596...
http://www.glennbartley.com/naturephotog...
Might be the same one like this??
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/394...