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Coppery-tailed Trogon
Trogon ambiguus Gould, J 1835
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
Classification
Order:Trogoniformes
Family:
Trogonidae
Genus:
Trogon
Scientific:
Trogon ambiguus
Original description
Citation:
Gould, J 1835
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
pt.3, no.27 p.30
Imprint year:
1835
Protonym:
Trogon ambiguus
Type locality:
Northern Mexico.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96158#page/208/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
CD2208562EA01584
Avibase ID:
avibase-CD220856
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/CD220856
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 178098
English:
Coppery-tailed Trogon
Afrikaans:
Koperstertbosloerie
Bulgarian:
Северен изящен трогон
Catalan:
Trogon cua de coure
Czech:
trogon měděnoocasý
Danish:
Kobberhaletrogon
German:
Kupfertrogon
Esperanto:
kuprovosta trogono
Spanish:
Trogón ambiguo
Spanish (Spain):
Trogón ambiguo
Estonian:
männi-järanokk (ssp. ambiguus)
French:
Trogon à queue cuivrée
Dutch:
Koperstaarttrogon
Norwegian:
kobberstjerttrogon
Polish:
trogon miedzianosterny
Slovak:
trogón mexický
Serbian:
Pegavorepi kitnjasti trogon
Swedish:
kopparstjärtad trogon
Turkish:
Kuzeyli Zarif Trogon
Coppery-tailed Trogon
Afrikaans:
Koperstertbosloerie
Bulgarian:
Северен изящен трогон
Catalan:
Trogon cua de coure
Czech:
trogon měděnoocasý
Danish:
Kobberhaletrogon
German:
Kupfertrogon
Esperanto:
kuprovosta trogono
Spanish:
Trogón ambiguo
Spanish (Spain):
Trogón ambiguo
Estonian:
männi-järanokk (ssp. ambiguus)
French:
Trogon à queue cuivrée
Dutch:
Koperstaarttrogon
Norwegian:
kobberstjerttrogon
Polish:
trogon miedzianosterny
Slovak:
trogón mexický
Serbian:
Pegavorepi kitnjasti trogon
Swedish:
kopparstjärtad trogon
Turkish:
Kuzeyli Zarif Trogon
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Elegant Trogon [ambiguus, canescens or goldmani] ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus, canescens or goldmani]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Elegant Trogon [Coppery-tailed] ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus, canescens or goldmani]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Elegant Trogon [Coppery-tailed] ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus, canescens or goldmani]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Elegant Trogon [ambiguus, canescens or goldmani] ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus, canescens or goldmani]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Elegant Trogon [Coppery-tailed] ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Elegant Trogon [Coppery-tailed] ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Elegant Trogon [Coppery-tailed] ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus, canescens or goldmani]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Elegant Trogon [Coppery-tailed] ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus, canescens or goldmani]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Elegant Trogon [Coppery-tailed] ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus, canescens or goldmani]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Elegant Trogon [Coppery-tailed] ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus, canescens or goldmani]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Elegant Trogon [Coppery-tailed] ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus, canescens or goldmani]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Elegant Trogon [Coppery-tailed] ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus, canescens or goldmani]) |
| Avilist 2025: Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) |
| Clements, version 2025: Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed) ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed) ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed) ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed) ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed) ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed) ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed) ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed) ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed) ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed) ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed) ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed) ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed) ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed) ( Trogon elegans [ambiguus Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Coppery-tailed Trogon ( Trogon ambiguus) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a 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.
Catalan: Trogon cua de coure
Danish: Kobberhaletrogon
German: Kupfertrogon, Kupfertrogon [ambiguus-Gruppe]
English: Coppery-tailed Trogon, Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed), Elegant Trogon [ambiguus, canescens or goldmani], Elegant Trogon [Coppery-tailed]
English, HBW: Coppery-tailed Trogon
English (IOC): Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed)
English (United States): Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed)
Esperanto: kuprovosta trogono
Spanish: Coa Elegante (grupo ambiguus), Trogón ambiguo, Trogón Elegante (grupo ambiguus)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Trogón Elegante (grupo ambiguus), Trogón Elegante [grupo ambiguus]
Spanish (Spain): Trogón elegante (grupo ambiguus), Trogón Elegante [ambiguus Group]
Spanish (HBW): Elegant Trogon (Coppery-tailed)
Spanish (Mexico): Coa Elegante (grupo ambiguus)
French: Trogon à queue cuivrée, Trogon élégant (à queue cuivrée), Trogon élégant (forme à queue cuivrée), Trogon élégant [ambiguus, canescens ou goldmani], Trogon élégant [ambiguus]
Icelandic: Glæsiþrúgi [ambiguus hópur]
Japanese (romaji): utsukushikinubanedori (ambiguus guru-pu)
Japanese: ウツクシキヌバネドリ (ambiguus グループ), ウツクシキヌバネドリ（ambiguus グループ）
Scientific: Trogon ambiguus, Trogon elegans [ambiguus Group], Trogon elegans [ambiguus, canescens or goldmani], Trogon elegans [ambiguus], Trogon elegans ambiguus
Dutch: Koperstaarttrogon (ambiguus groep)
Norwegian: fagertrogon (ambiguus gr.)
Polish: trogon miedzianosterny, trogon nadobny [gr. ambiguus]
Portuguese (Portugal): trogom-elegante [grupo ambiguus]
Russian: Медный трогон [группа ambiguus]
Slovak: trogón mexický, trogón mexický (skup.)
Serbian: Elegantni trogon [ambiguus grupa], Kitnjasti trogon [ambiguus grupa]
Swedish: kopparstjärtstrogon [ambiguus Group], kopparstjärtstrogon [gruppen ambiguus]
Turkish: Zarif trogon [ambiguus grubu]
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