Amazonian trogon
Trogon ramonianus Deville & Des Murs, 1849
Status not recordedbirds
The amazonian trogon (Trogon ramonianus) is a species in the family Trogonidae, order Trogoniformes. Recorded adults weigh 50 g to 51.3 g.
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Quick facts about the amazonian trogon
- Weight
- 50 g – 51.3 g
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.5
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the amazonian trogon live?
Not recorded
Is the amazonian trogon endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the amazonian trogon classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderTrogoniformes
- familyTrogonidae
- genusTrogon
- SpeciesTrogon ramonianus Deville & Des Murs, 1849
Other names and names in other languages (24)
- Amazonian violaceous trogonEnglish
- طرغونية بنفسجية أمازونيةArabic
- trogon amazonskýCzech
- AmazontrogonDanish
- AmazonastrogonGerman
- amazonia trogonoEsperanto
- Trogón AmazónicoSpanish
- amazoniantrogoniFinnish
- Trogon d'AmazonieFrench
- アマゾンキヌバネドリJapanese
- Amazoninis TrogonasLithuanian
- AmazonetrogonDutch
- trogon amazońskiPolish
- surucuá-pequenoPortuguese
- Амазонский трогонRussian
- trogón pralesnýSlovak
- Amazonski trogonSerbian
- Amazon TrogonuTurkish
- трогон амазонійськийUkrainian
- 亚马逊咬鹃Chinese
- Trogon d’AmazonieFrench
- Surucuá-miudinhoPortuguese
- trogom-amazónicoPortuguese
- 亞馬遜美洲咬鵑Chinese
Relatives of the amazonian trogon
Other species in the same genus Trogon.

Blue-crowned trogon
Trogon curucui

Black-tailed trogon
Trogon melanurus

Masked trogon
Trogon personatus

Surucua trogon
Trogon surrucura

Guianan trogon
Trogon violaceus

Green-backed trogon
Trogon viridis
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the amazonian trogon?
An adult amazonian trogon weighs 50 g – 51.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the amazonian trogon?
The amazonian trogon (Trogon ramonianus) belongs to the family Trogonidae in the order Trogoniformes.
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