Gartered (Northern Violaceous) Trogon (male)

Description:

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.

Habitat:

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.

Notes:

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.