Guianan Trogon
A species of Neotropical Trogons Scientific name : Trogon violaceus Genus : Neotropical Trogons
Guianan Trogon, A species of Neotropical Trogons
Botanical name: Trogon violaceus
Genus: Neotropical Trogons
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Description General Info
Description
Trogons have distinctive male and female plumages, with soft, often colourful, feathers. This relatively small species is about 23 centimetres (9.1 in) long and weighs 56 grams (2.0 oz). The head and upper breast of the male are blue and the back is green, becoming bluer on the rump. A faint white line separates the breast from the orange yellow underparts. The undertail is white with black barring, and the wings are black, vermiculated with white. The complete eye-ring is yellow. The female violaceous trogon resembles the male, but has a dark grey back, head and breast, and an incomplete white eye-ring. This species resembles the white-tailed trogon, but the latter is larger and has a complete pale blue eye-ring in both sexes. Furthermore, the male white-tailed trogon lacks barring to the undertail. The shade of the blue of the head in the male differs between the Guianan trogon and the gartered trogon, but (disregarding their separate distributions) the call is the main distinction between the two. The gartered has a slurred whistled cuh-cuh-cuh, and the Guianan has a soft cow cow, cow. 
Size
25 cm
Nest Placement
Cavity
Feeding Habits
Guianan Trogon predominantly feeds on fruit, such as mistletoe berries, Cecropia fruit, and oranges, sometimes foraging alongside thrushes and tanagers. It also consumes small invertebrates, employs sallies and hovers to pluck food, and occasionally joins mixed-species flocks for feeding.
Habitat
The guianan Trogon favors a variety of wooded environments including more open forests, secondary growths, forest borders, thinned woodlands, and shaded plantations, such as cacao and coffee. They are also found in areas with a mix of shrubs and trees. This species thrives in the broadleaf canopies and edges of transition forests, terra firme forests, and igapó (permanently flooded forests) within tropical regions.
Dite type
Frugivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Fruit
Behavior
It is a resident of moist tropical forests, where 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. Guianan trogons feed on insects and small fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. They typically perch upright and motionless.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Trogons Family
Trogons and quetzals Genus
Neotropical Trogons Species
Guianan Trogon 
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