The white-tailed trogon is a near passerine bird in the trogon family. It is found in tropical humid forests of the Chocó, ranging from Panama, through western Colombia, to western Ecuador. It was formerly considered a subspecies of T. viridis, which is widespread in South America east of the Andes, but under the English name white-tailed trogon. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Sclater, PL; Salvin, O 1871
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
1870, pt.3 p.843
Imprint year:
1870
Protonym:
Trogon chionurus
Type locality:
Panama, i.e. Lion Hill, Canal Zone.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90543#page/975/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
D2C4BCF962D808B2
Avibase ID:
avibase-D2C4BCF9
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D2C4BCF9
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 679320
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Western White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Western White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Western White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Western White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Western White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Western White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Western White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Western White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) [version 1] |
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Trogon strigilatus chionurus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Trogon strigilatus chionurus [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): White-tailed Trogon ( Trogon chionurus) |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Trogon viridis chionurus [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Trogon chionurus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Trogon [viridis or chionurus]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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