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Lattice-tailed Trogon Trogon clathratus Scientific name definitions

Nigel Collar
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 25, 2016

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Introduction

The Lattice-tailed Trogon occurs from western Panama to northern Costa Rica and inhabits the lower slopes and foothills of the Caribbean slope, with some movement into the lowlands after breeding and later in the wet season.  It's generally confined to heavily wooded tropical evergreen forest though it occasionally visits forest edge and more open forest.  Though relatively rare in Panama, it is fairly common in Costa Rica.   Identified by its yellow bill, iridescent green head, chest, back and upper tail-coverts, red breast and belly, black and white vermiculated wing-coverts and secondaries as well as it's under tail which is black, finely barred with white giving it a "lattice" appearance.

Subspecies

Monotypic.
Distribution of the Lattice-tailed Trogon - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Lattice-tailed Trogon

Recommended Citation

Collar, N. (2020). Lattice-tailed Trogon (Trogon clathratus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.lattro1.01
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