Elegant trogon
Trogon elegans
Identification Tips:
- Short, yellow bill
- Black mask and pale eye ring
- Dark green breast, head and upperparts
- White breast band
- Red belly and undertail coverts
- Long tail, barred underneath and squared at tip
- Female duller than male with less red underneath
- United States range restricted to southeastern Arizona
Similar species:
The Elegant Trogon is similar to the rarer Eared Trogon but has a white
breast band and a barred undersurface to the tail. Eared Trogon lacks the
breast band and has a mostly white undersurface to the tail.