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Trogon violaceus
medium size, colorful bird, this is a male
tropical rainforest
I watched this bird for a while in the campground in Rio Claro reserve. It hung around in the same large tree, almost always landing on the same branch. It would fly into the bottom of a partially destroyed large wasp (or something similar) and come back with a meal and eat it on the branch.
Thanks Mona for the ID and comment. Yeah, I was really happy with this one.
Spotted on Jan 29, 2013
Submitted on Sep 28, 2013
