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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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When to see the Guianan Trogon
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Guianan Trogon
The map shades 7 countries with regular records, and 6 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Ecuador, Belize.
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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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).
Side by side: Baird's Trogon vs Guianan Trogon · Amazonian Trogon vs Guianan Trogon · Choco Trogon vs Guianan Trogon · Ecuadorian Trogon vs Guianan Trogon
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