Bird group

Trogons and Quetzals

47 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.

Amazonian Black-throated Trogon
Trogon rufus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Amazonian Black-throated Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It sits quietly in…

Amazonian Violaceous Trogon
Trogon ramonianus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Amazonian Violaceous Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It sits quietly in the…

Atlantic Black-throated Trogon
Trogon chrysochloros
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Atlantic Black-throated Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It sits quietly in the…

Baird's Trogon
Trogon bairdii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Baird's Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of Central American and Caribbean forest, foothill, and woodland habitats. It sits quietly in the…

Bar-tailed Trogon
Apaloderma vittatum
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bar-tailed Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of sub-Saharan African forest and woodland. It sits quietly in the shaded forest canopy or…

Bare-cheeked Trogon
Apaloderma aequatoriale
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Bare-cheeked Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of sub-Saharan African forest and woodland. It sits quietly in the shaded forest canopy or…

Black-headed Trogon
Trogon melanocephalus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-headed Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of Central American and Caribbean forest, foothill, and woodland habitats. It sits quietly…

Black-tailed Trogon
Trogon melanurus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-tailed Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of Central American and Caribbean forest, foothill, and woodland habitats. It sits quietly…

Blue-crowned Trogon
Trogon curucui
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Blue-crowned Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It sits quietly in the shaded…

Blue-tailed Trogon
Trogon comptus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Blue-tailed Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of Central American and Caribbean forest, foothill, and woodland habitats. It sits quietly in…

Choco Black-throated Trogon
Trogon cupreicauda
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Choco Black-throated Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It sits quietly in the…

Cinnamon-rumped Trogon
Harpactes orrhophaeus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cinnamon-rumped Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South and Southeast Asian forests, woodland, and river valleys. It sits quietly in the…

Citreoline Trogon
Trogon citreolus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Citreoline Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of Central American and Caribbean forest, foothill, and woodland habitats. It sits quietly in…

Collared Trogon
Trogon collaris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Collared Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of Central American and Caribbean forest, foothill, and woodland habitats. It sits quietly in…

Coppery-tailed Trogon
Trogon ambiguus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Coppery-tailed Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It sits quietly in the shaded…

Crested Quetzal
Pharomachrus antisianus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Crested Quetzal is a trogon or quetzal of Central American and Caribbean forest, foothill, and woodland habitats. It sits quietly in…

Cuban Trogon
Priotelus temnurus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Cuban Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of Central American and Caribbean forest, foothill, and woodland habitats. It sits quietly in the…

Diard's Trogon
Harpactes diardii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Diard's Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South and Southeast Asian forests, woodland, and river valleys. It sits quietly in the shaded…

Eared Quetzal
Euptilotis neoxenus
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Eared Quetzal is a trogon or quetzal of Central American and Caribbean forest, foothill, and woodland habitats. It sits quietly in the…

Ecuadorian Trogon
Trogon mesurus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ecuadorian Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It sits quietly in the shaded…

Elegant Trogon
Trogon elegans
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Elegant Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of Central American and Caribbean forest, foothill, and woodland habitats. It sits quietly in the…

Gartered Violaceous Trogon
Trogon caligatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gartered Violaceous Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of Central American and Caribbean forest, foothill, and woodland habitats. It sits…

Golden-headed Quetzal
Pharomachrus auriceps
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Golden-headed Quetzal is a trogon or quetzal of South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It sits quietly in the shaded…

Graceful Black-throated Trogon
Trogon tenellus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Graceful Black-throated Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It sits quietly in the…

Green-backed Trogon
Trogon viridis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Green-backed Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of the Himalayas, China, and adjacent South and Southeast Asian mountain forests. It sits…

Guianan Violaceous Trogon
Trogon violaceus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Guianan Violaceous Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It sits quietly in the…

Hispaniolan Trogon
Priotelus roseigaster
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Hispaniolan Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of Central American and Caribbean forest, foothill, and woodland habitats. It sits quietly in…

Javan Trogon
Apalharpactes reinwardtii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Javan Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of Sundaland forests, including Sumatra, Java, and nearby islands. It sits quietly in the shaded…

Lattice-tailed Trogon
Trogon clathratus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Lattice-tailed Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of Central American and Caribbean forest, foothill, and woodland habitats. It sits quietly…

Malabar Trogon
Malabar Trogon
Harpactes fasciatus
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Malabar Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lankan forests. It sits quietly in the shaded forest canopy or…

Masked Trogon
Trogon personatus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Masked Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It sits quietly in the shaded forest…

Mountain Trogon
Trogon mexicanus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Mountain Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It sits quietly in the shaded forest…

Narina Trogon
Apaloderma narina
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Narina Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of sub-Saharan African forest and woodland. It sits quietly in the shaded forest canopy or…

Orange-breasted Trogon
Harpactes oreskios
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Orange-breasted Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South and Southeast Asian forests, woodland, and river valleys. It sits quietly in the…

Pavonine Quetzal
Pharomachrus pavoninus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Pavonine Quetzal is a trogon or quetzal of South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It sits quietly in the shaded forest…

Philippine Trogon
Harpactes ardens
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Philippine Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of the Philippine islands. It sits quietly in the shaded forest canopy or midstorey, then…

Red-headed Trogon
Harpactes erythrocephalus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Red-headed Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South and Southeast Asian forests, woodland, and river valleys. It sits quietly in the…

Red-naped Trogon
Harpactes kasumba
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Red-naped Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South and Southeast Asian forests, woodland, and river valleys. It sits quietly in the…

Resplendent Quetzal
Pharomachrus mocinno
Near Threatened≈ 20K-50K

The Resplendent Quetzal is a trogon or quetzal of Central American and Caribbean forest, foothill, and woodland habitats. It sits quietly…

Scarlet-rumped Trogon
Harpactes duvaucelii
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Scarlet-rumped Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South and Southeast Asian forests, woodland, and river valleys. It sits quietly in the…

Slaty-tailed Trogon
Trogon massena
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Slaty-tailed Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of Central American and Caribbean forest, foothill, and woodland habitats. It sits quietly…

Sumatran Trogon
Apalharpactes mackloti
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Sumatran Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of Sundaland forests, including Sumatra, Java, and nearby islands. It sits quietly in the shaded…

Surucua Trogon
Trogon surrucura
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Surucua Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South American forests, lowlands, and Andean foothills. It sits quietly in the shaded forest…

Ward's Trogon
Harpactes wardi
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Ward's Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of South and Southeast Asian forests, woodland, and river valleys. It sits quietly in the shaded…

White-tailed Trogon
Trogon chionurus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-tailed Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of Central American and Caribbean forest, foothill, and woodland habitats. It sits quietly…

White-tipped Quetzal
Pharomachrus fulgidus
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The White-tipped Quetzal is a trogon or quetzal of Central American and Caribbean forest, foothill, and woodland habitats. It sits quietly…

Whitehead's Trogon
Harpactes whiteheadi
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Whitehead's Trogon is a trogon or quetzal of the Philippine islands. It sits quietly in the shaded forest canopy or midstorey, then…