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tro·gon

(trō′gŏn′)
n.
Any of various colorful tropical or subtropical birds of the family Trogonidae, including the quetzals.

[New Latin Trōgōn, type genus name, from Greek trōgōn, present participle of trōgein, to gnaw (trogons being so called because they nest in holes excavated in trees and termite mounds with their bills); see terə-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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trogon

(ˈtrəʊɡɒn)
n
(Animals) any bird of the order Trogoniformes of tropical and subtropical regions of America, Africa, and Asia. They have a brilliant plumage, short hooked bill, and long tail. See also quetzal
[C18: from New Latin, from Greek trōgōn, from trōgein to gnaw]
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tro•gon

(ˈtroʊ gɒn)

n.
any of various medium-sized, typically brilliantly colored arboreal birds comprising the order Trogoniformes, inhabiting tropical and subtropical parts of the New World, Africa, and Asia.
[1785–95; < New Latin < Greek trṓgōn, present participle of trṓgein to gnaw]
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Noun1.trogon - forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tailstrogon - forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails
bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
family Trogonidae, Trogonidae - coextensive with the order Trogoniformes
quetzal bird, quetzal - large trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage
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Trogon melanocephalus, Eucomites penicillata), 31 provenientes de colecciones y/o literatura no corroborados en campo (e.g.
Las aves del bosque estuvieron bien representadas en la reserva del ejido destacando los gremios picamaderos (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster, Xenops minutus, Sittasomus griseicapillus), omnivoro arboreo (Trogon massena), insectivoro pequeno sin percha (Pipra mentalis), nectarivoro (Trochilidae), insectivoro en el suelo u hojarasca (Henicorhina spp., Thryothorus spp., Microcerculusphilomela) o insectivoro pequeno cazador desde percha (Myiopagis viridicata, Mitrephanes phaeocercus, Onychorhynchus coronatus, Terenotriccus erythrurus, Tyranniscus vilissimus).
CALDAS: El Trogon, Manizales, a 2300 m, 2 [feminidad][feminidad], IX-1993, 22-IX-1994, J.
(2007) que reporta una riqueza de especies de aves de 241 para Tlaxcala, de la riqueza total de especies reportadas en este estudio, 14 son adiciones para el listado de aves de Tlaxcala (anteriormente citadas por Ramirez-Albores 2012), ya que no habian sido reportadas (Ardea alba, Buteo swainsoni, Atthis Heloisa, Corvus corax, Baeolophus wollweberi, Setophaga fusca, Cardellina rufifrons, Pooecetes gramineus y Ammodramus savannarum) y algunas representan ampliaciones en su distribucion (Trogon mexicanus, Lepidocolaptes leucogaster, Mitrephanes phaeocercus, Arremon viretriceps y Spinus notatus).
II Atlapetes pileatus, Basileuterus rufifrons, Buarremon virenticeps, Campylorhychus megalopterus, Cyanocitta stelleri, Empidonax affinis, Ergaticus ruber, Peromyscus aztecus, Pipilo ocai, Ptilogonys cinereus, Quercus conspersa, Sceloporus aeneus, Sitta carolinensis, Trogon mexicanus.
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