Choco Trogon

Trogon comptus Zimmer, JT, 1948

Choco Trogon, Trogon comptus, is a bird of humid and wet forest in western Colombia and north-west Ecuador, where it occurs in the breeding range from northern Antioquia and north-eastern Chocó south to Pichincha Province. It is a monotypic member of the trogon family. The species is marked by a white eye in the male, along with a yellow bill, a black face and throat, green upperparts with a bluish cast, a purplish blue rump, and a red belly and vent. The female has a slaty upper bill and greyer plumage on the head, back, breast and upper belly.

Order

Trogoniformes

Family

Trogonidae — Trogons

Breeding range

South America: w Colombia and nw Ecuador