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Black-tailed Trogon
Trogon melanurus Swainson, 1838
Trogonidae — Trogons
Black-tailed Trogon, Trogon melanurus, is a bird of Middle America and northern South America, from Panama to Venezuela and across Amazonia. It belongs to the trogon family and was described by Swainson in 1838. It is a resident in most of its range, though in Bolivia it makes seasonal movements between dry forest and lowland rainforest. Its breeding season varies widely across its range, and it nests in cavities in arboreal termitaria, with a clutch of two or three eggs.
- Order
- Trogoniformes
- Family
- Trogonidae — Trogons
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: Panama to Venezuela and Amazonia
