White-tailed trogon

Photos by J.H. Ribot, Walsrode 1998 and below along the Coesewijne river in Suriname, 2001. In between a beautiful picture made by Pascal Dubois in French Guyane.
The white-tailed trogon is often seen in pairs, sitting near each other on a tree. They let you come very close, while they will turn their heads to follow your movements. Now and then they will fly a short distance to catch an insect and then return. Their sound is a soft wow wow wow ...........

Males are different from the females, as can be seen in this photograph taken of a couple at the Walsrode zoo in Germany.

Each small square indicates the observation of at least one (group) of these birds, the medium ones at least 4 observations on different days and the largest ones 10 or more. The color of each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna and red for rainforest.

Distribution in Suriname (explanation)
Coastal area
Savanna
Forests
Mountain forests
Sipalawini savanna

Names in:

• Scientific name: Trogon viridis
• Dutch: Witstaart trogon
• French: Trogon à queue blanche
• Portugese: Surucuá-grande-de-barriga-amarela
• Spanish: Sorocuá cola blanca
• Surinamese: Udulosofowru
• Carib: Oeloekua
• Arowak: Boekoelawroe

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