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Elegant Trogon (Elegant)

Trogon elegans elegans

Classification

Class
Aves

The elegant trogon (Trogon elegans), formerly considered as conspecific with the coppery-tailed trogon, is a species of bird in the trogon family Trogonidae that is native to Central America. Taxonomy The elegant trogon was formally described in 1834 by the English ornithologist John Gould based on specimens collected in Guatemala. He coined the current binomial name Trogon elegans.

Distribution

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United States of America · 1