Elegant Trogon vs Masked Trogon

Elegant Trogon

Trogon elegans

Medium71 gWoodland

This species is a medium-sized bird, measuring 28–30 centimetres (11–12 in) long and weighing 60–78 grams (2.1–2.8 oz) (average 68 grams (2.4 oz)). Like other trogons, elegant trogons display sexual dimorphism, where males and females have different plumages. Males are often brightly colored. They have red-orange lower chest and belly and metallic deep green back. They get their old name from the copper shade on their backsides. Their face and throat are a dark black and they have a white band going across the chest.

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Recorded by Ryan Douglas · Madera Canyon, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0

Masked Trogon

Trogon personatus

Medium63 gForest

The masked trogon is a mid-sized trogon, averaging 27 cm (11 in) in length and 56 g (2.0 oz) in mass. Like all trogons, it displays sexual dimorphism. The upperparts, head, and upper chest of the male are variously glossy green, reddish-bronze, or golden-green (depending on the subspecies). The belly and lower breast are red; the latter separated from the greenish upper chest by a narrow white band. The male has a distinct eye-ring, which is red in most subspecies, but tending towards orange in the subspecies from the tepuis.

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Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Rogier Klappe · CC BY 2.0

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