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Cuban trogon

Priotelus temnurus (Temminck, 1825)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus) is a species in the family Trogonidae, order Trogoniformes. Recorded adults weigh 53.4 g to 60 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus)
Photo: Laura Gooch · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the cuban trogon

Weight
53.4 g – 60 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cuban trogon live?

Not recorded

What is the cuban trogon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Cuban trogon or tocororo (Priotelus temnurus) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. It is endemic to Cuba, where it is also the national bird.

From the Wikipedia article “Cuban trogon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cuban_trogon&oldid=1358443044), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the cuban trogon endangered?

The cuban trogon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the cuban trogon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderTrogoniformes
  5. familyTrogonidae
  6. genusPriotelus
  7. SpeciesPriotelus temnurus (Temminck, 1825)
Other names and names in other languages (28)
  • طرغونية كوبيةArabic
  • trogon kubánskýCzech
  • trogon CiwbaWelsh
  • CubatrogonDanish
  • KubatrogonGerman
  • Kuba-TrogonGerman
  • kuba trogonoEsperanto
  • Trogón tocororoSpanish
  • kuuba järanokkEstonian
  • kuubantrogoniFinnish
  • TocororoFrench
  • Trogon de CubaFrench
  • kubai trogonHungarian
  • Trogone di CubaItalian
  • キューバキヌバネドリJapanese
  • kubinis trogonasLithuanian
  • Cubaanse TrogonDutch
  • kvasthaletrogonNorwegian
  • pilik czerwonodziobyPolish
  • trogom-cubanoPortuguese
  • surucuá-cubanoPortuguese
  • Кубинский трогонRussian
  • tokororo dôverčivýSlovak
  • Kubanski trogonSerbian
  • Küba TrogonuTurkish
  • трогон кубинськийUkrainian
  • 古巴咬鵑Chinese
  • 古巴咬鹃Chinese

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Relatives of the cuban trogon

Other species in the same genus Priotelus.

CompareCuban trogon vs Hispaniolan trogon

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the cuban trogon?

An adult cuban trogon weighs 53.4 g – 60 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the cuban trogon endangered?

The cuban trogon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the cuban trogon?

The cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus) belongs to the family Trogonidae in the order Trogoniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuban-trogon

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BibTeX
@misc{cuban_trogon_2026,
  title = {Cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuban-trogon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}