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Coppery-tailed Trogon
Trogon ambiguus
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About the Coppery-tailed Trogon
The coppery-tailed trogon (Trogon ambiguus) is a bird in the family Trogonidae formerly considered conspecific with the elegant trogon (Trogon elegans). It is found in south-eastern Arizona, extreme south-western New Mexico and much of Mexico either side of the Sierra Madre Occidental.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Trogon ambiguus
- Family
- Trogons
- Order
- Trogoniformes
Similar species
Other members of the trogons family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
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