Chocó trogon
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| image = Trogon comptus (male) -NW Ecuador-8.jpg
| image_caption = Male in northwestern Ecuador
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Trogon
| species = comptus
| authority = Zimmer, 1948
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| range_map = Trogon comptus map.svg
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The Chocó trogon (Trogon comptus), also known as the white-eyed trogon or blue-tailed trogon, is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae, the quetzals and trogons. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/ |title=IOC World Bird List (v 11.2) |last1=Gill |first1= F. |last2=Donsker|first2=D.|last3=Rasmussen |first3=P. |date=July 2021 |access-date=July 14, 2021 }}Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 August 2021. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved August 24, 2021
Taxonomy and systematics
The Chocó trogon is monotypic.
Description
The Chocó trogon is about {{convert|28|cm|in|abbr=on}} long and weighs about {{convert|104|g|oz|sigfig=2|abbr=on}}. The male has a yellow bill, a black face and throat, and a white eye. Its crown, back, and breast are green with a bluish tinge, the rump purplish blue, and the belly and vent area red. The upperside of the tail is purplish blue with a broad black tip and the underside is slaty. The folded wing is gray with vermiculation. The female differs in having a slaty maxilla and gray head, back, breast, and upper belly.Collar, N. (2020). Blue-tailed Trogon (Trogon comptus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.buttro1.01 retrieved October 25, 2021
Distribution and habitat
The Chocó trogon is found from Colombia's northern Antioquia and northeastern
Chocó Departments south into northwestern Ecuador's Pichincha Province. It inhabits the interior and edges of humid and wet forest. It favors hilly terrain from sea level to {{convert|1800|m|ft|abbr=on}} of elevation.
Behavior
=Feeding=
Nothing is known about the Chocó trogon's foraging behavior or diet. Evidence of the Chocó trogon eating fruits and arthropods has been found through stomach content analysis. {{Cite journal|last=Remsen|first=J. V.|last2=Hyde|first2=Mary Ann|last3=Chapman|first3=Angela|date=1993|title=The Diets of Neotropical Trogons, Motmots, Barbets and Toucans|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1369399|journal=The Condor|volume=95|issue=1|pages=178–192|doi=10.2307/1369399|issn=0010-5422}}
=Breeding=
Individuals in breeding condition were noted in March but nothing else is known about the Chocó trogon's breeding phenology.
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=Vocalization=
The Chocó trogon's song is "a slow repetition of 7-15 'cow' notes" and its call "a fast 'krr-krr-krr'."{{cite book | last =Ridgely | first =Robert S. | last2 =Greenfield | first2 =Paul J. | title =The Birds of Ecuador: Field Guide | publisher =Cornell University Press | volume = II| date =2001 | location =Ithaca | pages =299 | isbn =978-0-8014-8721-7 }}
Status
The IUCN has assessed the Chocó trogon as being of Least Concern, though it population is unknown and believed to be decreasing.
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