Order
Trogoniformes
Family
Trogonidae
Genus
Trogon
 
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Version 1.0

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SPECIES

Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus

C. Riehl
Version: 1.0 — Published April 20, 2012

Demography and Populations

Introduction

Little information. Population size not known but estimated to be between 50,000 - 499,999 adults (BirdLife International 2012). Lifespan, age at first breeding, reproductive rates, and determinants of population size are not known.

Parasites of Black-headed Trogon include the quill mite Syringophiloidus trogoni (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) (Skoracki et al. 2013).

Recommended Citation

Riehl, C. (2012). Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.blhtro1.01