About the Guianan Trogon
The Guianan trogon, is a species of bird in the trogon and quetzal family Trogonidae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela.
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The Guianan trogon is 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 38 to 57 g (1.3 to 2.0 oz). Males and females have very different plumage. Adult males have a violet-blue head with a black mask and throat; their bill is pale blue-gray and their dark eye is surrounded by bare pale yellow skin. The violet-blue of their head extends to the middle of their breast, where a narrow white band separates it from the bright yellow of the rest of their underparts. Their upperparts are bright metallic green and their wings so finely marked with black and white that they appear dark gray-brown.
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Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Ecuador, Belize.
When to see it
Peak activity in January · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Choco TrogonTrogon comptusThe Chocó trogon is about 28 cm (11 in) long and weighs about 104 g (3.7 oz).
Amazonian TrogonTrogon ramonianusTrogons have distinctive male and female plumages, with soft, often colorful, feathers.
Baird's TrogonTrogon bairdiiBaird's trogon is 25 to 28 cm (9.8 to 11.0 in) long and weighs about 95 g (3.4 oz).
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