Ecuadorian trogon

Ecuadorian trogon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Trogoniformes
Family: Trogonidae
Genus: Trogon
Species: T. mesurus
Binomial name
Trogon mesurus
(Cabanis and Heine), 1862-1863
Synonyms[2]

Trogon melanurus mesurus

The Ecuadorian trogon (Trogon mesurus) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. It is found in deciduous and semi-humid forest and woodland in western Ecuador and far north-western Peru. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the black-tailed trogon, which it resembles, except for its white eyes.

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