# Gartered Violaceous Trogon

*Trogon caligatus*

These birds often excavate their nests inside the active paper-nests of social wasps or within arboreal termite mounds to deter predators.

- **Taxonomy:** Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Trogoniformes › Trogonidae › Trogon
- **IUCN Red List status:** Least Concern
- **Population trend:** stable
- **Biome:** forest
- **Habitat:** Humid lowland forests, forest edges, plantations, and mature secondary growth.
- **Diet:** Omnivorous; primarily feeds on caterpillars, cicadas, and other large insects, supplemented by small fruits and berries.
- **Range:** Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
- **Size:** 23-25 cm in length; weight approximately 55 grams.
- **Lifespan:** 6-12 years
- **Active:** diurnal
- **Threats:** Habitat fragmentation and large-scale deforestation for agriculture.
- **Safe to approach?:** Harmless. Observe quietly from a distance using binoculars; these birds are shy and easily startled. If you find an injured trogon, contact a licensed avian rehabilitator. Do not attempt to touch or feed.

## About

The gartered trogon ( Trogon caligatus ), also known as the northern violaceous trogon , is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It is found in forests in east-central Mexico, south through Central America, to north-western South America (west or north of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela). It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the violaceous trogon.

## Sources

- Plate: https://gaia-dex.com/species/f1f63478-0a0d-41d2-b16f-b727dd3dc9d7
- iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73523
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trogon caligatus
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List category, as recorded by Gaia-Dex
- Photo: https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/2029458/medium.jpg (Nigel Voaden, CC-BY, via iNaturalist)

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