Collared Trogon

Trogon collaris Vieillot, 1817

Collared Trogon, Trogon collaris, is a bird of Middle and South America, ranging from eastern Mexico through Amazonia to south-eastern Brazil. It belongs to the trogon family, Trogonidae, and was described by Vieillot in 1817. Across its range it occupies humid evergreen forest, including both mature and secondary growth, and in Middle America it also uses humid montane, semideciduous and pine-evergreen forest. It is found from lowlands to 2,400 m in Mexico and 2,300 m in Costa Rica, while in the Andes it is usually below 1,300 m in Ecuador and 1,200 m in Peru.

Order

Trogoniformes

Family

Trogonidae — Trogons

Breeding range

Middle America, South America: e Mexico through Amazonia and se Brazil