Green-backed Trogon
Trogon viridis
Least ConcernAves · Trogoniformes · Trogonidae
About
The green-backed trogon, also known as the Amazonian white-tailed trogon, is a bird in the trogon family Trogonidae. It is widely distributed across the Amazon rainforest with a disjunct population on the southeast coast of Brazil. As with all trogons, this species is sexually dimorphic. The male has a yellow belly without a white breastband, a blue head with a pale-blue orbital eye-ring, a blue bill, a green back and a green tail that is mostly white below. The female is duller with a dark grey head, a dark grey back and some black barring beneath the tail.
Fun Fact
It is widely distributed across the Amazon rainforest with a disjunct population on the southeast coast of Brazil.
Quick Facts
Habitat
Found in tropical humid forests in South America, where its range includes the Amazon, the Guiana Shield, Trinidad, and the Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil.
Diet
Feed mainly on small fruit, supplemented by arthropods and lizards – slightly more so in the dry season when fruit are scarce, but even then they seem to be among the most frugivorous trogons in their range.
Lifespan
To be updated
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance