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Elegant Trogon
Trogon elegans (= Trogon elegans elegans) Gould, J 1834
The elegant trogon is a near passerine bird in the trogon family. Along with the eared quetzal, it is the most poleward-occurring species of trogon in the world, ranging from Guatemala in the south as far north as the upper Gila River in Arizona and New Mexico. The most northerly populations of subspecies ambiguus are partially migratory, and the species is occasionally found as a vagrant in southeasternmost and western Texas. Source: Wikipedia
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Trogoniformes
Family:
Trogonidae
Genus:
Trogon
Scientific:
Trogon elegans elegans
Classification
Order:Trogoniformes
Family:
Trogonidae
Genus:
Trogon
Scientific:
Trogon elegans elegans
Original description
Citation:
Gould, J 1834
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
pt.2, no.16 p.26
Imprint year:
1834
Protonym:
Trogon elegans
Type locality:
'Guatemala in Mexico' = Guatemala.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96158#page/38/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
C5BEA9D9EBAE835D
Avibase ID:
avibase-C5BEA9D9
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/C5BEA9D9
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 178096
Geographic range:
- Trogon elegans: southeastern Guatemala and Honduras to northwestern Costa Rica
- Trogon elegans elegans: southeastern Guatemala (Motagua Valley), El Salvador, and southwestern and central Honduras
- Trogon elegans lubricus: eastern and southern Honduras, Nicaragua, and northwestern Costa Rica
Source: Clements checklist
Elegant Trogon
Afrikaans:
Elegante Bosloerie
Azerbaijani:
Eleqant troqon
Bulgarian:
Южен изящен трогон
Catalan:
Trogon elegant
Czech:
trogon krásný
Danish:
Pragttrogon
German:
Schmucktrogon
Esperanto:
Eleganta trogono
Spanish:
Trogón elegante
Spanish (Spain):
Trogón elegante
Estonian:
männi-järanokk
Finnish:
kaunotrogoni
French:
Trogon élégant
Croatian:
ogrličasti trogon
Hungarian:
elegáns trogon
Icelandic:
Glæsiþrúgi
Italian:
Trogone elegante
Japanese (romaji):
utsukushikinubanedori
Japanese:
ウツクシキヌバネドリ
Lithuanian:
varinis trogonas
Latvian:
Elegantais trogons
Dutch:
Groenstaarttrogon
Norwegian:
fagertrogon
Polish:
trogon nadobny
Portuguese:
surucuá-elegante
Portuguese (Portugal):
trogom-elegante
Russian:
Медный трогон
Slovak:
trogón pôvabný
Serbian:
Prugastorepi kitnjasti trogon
Swedish:
hondurastrogon
Turkish:
Güneyli Zarif Trogon
Ukrainian:
трогон ошатноперий
Chinese:
优雅美洲咬鹃
Chinese (Traditional):
銅尾美洲咬鵑
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Elegant Trogon [Elegant] ( Trogon elegans [elegans or lubricus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Elegant Trogon [Elegant] ( Trogon elegans [elegans or lubricus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Elegant Trogon [elegans or lubricus] ( Trogon elegans [elegans or lubricus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Elegant Trogon [Elegant] ( Trogon elegans [elegans or lubricus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Elegant Trogon [Elegant] ( Trogon elegans [elegans or lubricus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Elegant Trogon [Elegant] ( Trogon elegans [elegans or lubricus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Elegant Trogon [Elegant] ( Trogon elegans [elegans or lubricus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Elegant Trogon [Elegant] ( Trogon elegans [elegans or lubricus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Elegant Trogon [Elegant] ( Trogon elegans [elegans or lubricus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Elegant Trogon [Elegant] ( Trogon elegans [elegans or lubricus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Elegant Trogon [Elegant] ( Trogon elegans [elegans or lubricus]) |
| Avilist 2025: Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Elegant Trogon (Elegant) ( Trogon elegans elegans/lubricus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Elegant Trogon (Elegant) ( Trogon elegans elegans/lubricus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Elegant Trogon (Elegant) ( Trogon elegans elegans/lubricus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Elegant Trogon (Elegant) ( Trogon elegans elegans/lubricus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Elegant Trogon (Elegant) ( Trogon elegans elegans/lubricus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Elegant Trogon (Elegant) ( Trogon elegans elegans/lubricus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Elegant Trogon (Elegant) ( Trogon elegans elegans/lubricus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Elegant Trogon (Elegant) ( Trogon elegans elegans/lubricus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Elegant Trogon (Elegant) ( Trogon elegans elegans/lubricus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Elegant Trogon (Elegant) ( Trogon elegans elegans/lubricus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Elegant Trogon (Elegant) ( Trogon elegans elegans/lubricus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Elegant Trogon (Elegant) ( Trogon elegans elegans/lubricus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Elegant Trogon (Elegant) ( Trogon elegans elegans/lubricus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Elegant Trogon (Elegant) ( Trogon elegans elegans/lubricus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Elegant Trogon ( Trogon elegans) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Trogon [elegans or ambiguus]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Elegante Bosloerie
Azerbaijani: Eleqant troqon
Bulgarian: Южен изящен трогон
Catalan: Trogon elegant
Czech: trogon krásný
Danish: Pragttrogon
German: Kupfertrogon, Kupfertrogon (elegans/lubricus), Schmucktrogon
English: Elegant Trogon, Elegant Trogon (Elegant), Elegant Trogon [elegans or lubricus], Elegant Trogon [Elegant]
English (Avilist): Elegant Trogon
English, HBW: Elegant Trogon
English (IOC): Elegant Trogon (Elegant)
English (United States): Elegant Trogon, Elegant Trogon (Elegant)
Esperanto: Eleganta trogono
Spanish: Coa Elegante (elegans/lubricus), Trogón Elegante, Trogón Elegante (elegans/lubricus)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Trogón Elegante, Trogón Elegante (elegans/lubricus)
Spanish (Spain): Trogón elegante, Trogón Elegante (elegans/lubricus)
Spanish (HBW): Elegant Trogon (Elegant)
Spanish (Honduras): Coa de Bosque Seco (elegans/lubricus), Coa elegante
Spanish (Mexico): Coa Elegante, Coa Elegante (elegans/lubricus), trogón elegante
Estonian: männi-järanokk
Finnish: kaunotrogoni
French: Trogon élégant, Trogon élégant (élégante), Trogon élégant (forme élégante), Trogon élégant [elegans ou lubricus]
French (Guyane): Trogon élégant (elegans/lubricus)
Croatian: ogrličasti trogon
Hungarian: elegáns trogon
Icelandic: Glæsiþrúgi, Glæsiþrúgi (elegans/lubricus)
Italian: Trogone elegante
Japanese (romaji): utsukushikinubanedori, utsukushikinubanedori (elegans/lubricus)
Japanese: ウツクシキヌバネドリ, ウツクシキヌバネドリ (elegans/lubricus), ウツクシキヌバネドリ（elegans／lubricus）
Scientific: Trogon elegans, Trogon elegans [elegans or lubricus], Trogon elegans elegans, Trogon elegans elegans/lubricus
Lithuanian: varinis trogonas
Latvian: Elegantais trogons
Dutch: Groenstaarttrogon, Koperstaarttrogon, Koperstaarttrogon (elegans/lubricus)
Norwegian: Fagertrogon, fagertrogon (elegans/lubricus)
Polish: trogon nadobny, trogon nadobny (elegans/lubricus)
Portuguese: surucuá-elegante
Portuguese (Portugal): trogom-elegante (elegans/lubricus)
Russian: Изящный трогон, Медный трогон (elegans/lubricus)
Slovak: trogón pôvabný, trogón pôvabný (skup.)
Serbian: Elegantni trogon (elegans/lubricus), Kitnjasti trogon (elegans/lubricus), Prugastorepi kitnjasti trogon
Swedish: hondurastrogon, Kopparstjärtstrogon, kopparstjärtstrogon (elegans/lubricus)
Turkish: Güneyli Zarif Trogon, Zarif trogon (elegans/lubricus)
Ukrainian: Трогон ошатноперий (підвид elegans/lubricus)
Chinese: 优雅美洲咬鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 銅尾美洲咬鵑
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