Male © Bradley Hacker 🦜 eBird S39026298 Macaulay Library ML 68154911
Female © Bradley Davis
Male © Michael Todd
Female © Ian Thompson
Female © Amanda Guercio

Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui

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Identification

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Small red-bellied trogon. Male has blue head and yellow eye ring. Female has gray head and prominent white eye ring. Found in a variety of forest edge habitats from varzea and floodplain forest to young forest edges around agriculture. Particularly common in swampy areas in the western part of its range; in the eastern part of its range, occupies a wider variety of habitats, including semi-humid forest. Listen for a fast, slightly accelerating series of “pow” notes at a pace of about 5 notes per second.

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