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Green-backed Trogon
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Kingfishers, motmots & trogons

Green-backed Trogon

Trogon viridis Linnaeus, 1766

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishGreen-backed Trogon
DutchGroenrugtrogon
SpanishTrogón coliblanco oriental
Chinese绿背美洲咬鹃
Scientific nameTrogon viridis Linnaeus, 1766

About this species

The green-backed trogon (Trogon viridis), also known as the Amazonian white-tailed trogon, is a bird in the trogon family Trogonidae. It is widely distributed across the Amazon rainforest with a disjunct population on the southeast coast of Brazil. As with all trogons, this species is sexually dimorphic. The male has a yellow belly without a white breastband, a blue head with a pale-blue orbital eye-ring, a blue bill, a green back and a green tail that is mostly white below. The female is duller with a dark grey head, a dark grey back and some black barring beneath the tail.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderTrogoniformes
FamilyTrogonidae
GenusTrogon

In Suriname

1,866Records in Suriname
57iNaturalist observations
1857First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini621
  • Para424
  • Brokopondo380
  • Commewijne364
  • Nickerie19
  • Paramaribo11
  • Saramacca11
  • Wanica6
  • Marowijne2
  • Coronie1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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