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Black-headed Trogon

Trogon melanocephalus

Photo by Indio Jones
Published on Project Noah
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11.1093, -85.7327

Field Notes

Description:

yellow breast; white ring around eyes, white stripes on tail, dark blue/ dary grey wings.

Habitat:

dry tropical forest

Notes:

spotted this bird perched on the cable, while testing the Guardabarranco Zipline Ride at the O Park.

Species ID Suggestions

Black headed trogon

Trogon melanocephalus

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Comments (2)
Karla Morales
The pattern in the tail looks like the pattern in the Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo and the Mangrove Cuckoo. Beautiful colors!!
tbrett
Like your photos much better than the wiki!

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Paso Pacifico Survey
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Nature in Yellow
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Tur Del Sur

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PublishedSeptember 3, 2013

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