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Mountain trogon

Trogon mexicanus Swainson, 1827

LCLeast Concernbirds

The mountain trogon (Trogon mexicanus) is a species in the family Trogonidae, order Trogoniformes. Recorded adults weigh 71 g to 72.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Mountain trogon (Trogon mexicanus)
Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the mountain trogon

Weight
71 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
19 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2 – 2.4src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
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 mountain trogon live?

Not recorded

What is the mountain trogon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The mountain trogon (Trogon mexicanus), also known as the Mexican trogon, is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. First described by William Swainson in 1827, it is resident in Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico and has occurred in El Salvador as a vagrant. Like all trogons, the mountain trogon is sexually dimorphic. The male is metallic green on the crown, nape, upperparts and chest, the latter separated from its bright red belly and vent by a narrow band of white. The female is warm brown on the head, upperparts and chest, separated from its paler brown lower chest and red belly and vent by a narrow white band.

Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical moist montane forests. It prefers pine-evergreen and pine-oak woodland between 3,000 and 10,000 ft (914 and 3,048 m) in elevation. Unlike some rarer trogons, this species shows some adaptability to human land use and has utilized coffee plantations with suitable shade trees like oaks.

From the Wikipedia article “Mountain trogon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mountain_trogon&oldid=1354735421), 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 mountain trogon endangered?

The mountain 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 mountain trogon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderTrogoniformes
  5. familyTrogonidae
  6. genusTrogon
  7. SpeciesTrogon mexicanus Swainson, 1827
Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • طرغونية جبليةArabic
  • Trogon muntanyencCatalan
  • trogon de muntanyaCatalan
  • trogon mexickýCzech
  • trogon MecsicoWelsh
  • MexicotrogonDanish
  • BronzetrogonGerman
  • monta trogonoEsperanto
  • Coa MexicanaSpanish
  • Pájaro banderaSpanish
  • Trogón mexicanoSpanish
  • ülangu-järanokkEstonian
  • vuoritrogoniFinnish
  • Trogon montagnardFrench
  • Trogone montanoItalian
  • メキシコキヌバネドリJapanese
  • kalninis trogonasLithuanian
  • Mexicaanse TrogonDutch
  • trogon górskiPolish
  • trogom-mexicanoPortuguese
  • surucuá-da-montanhaPortuguese
  • Горный трогонRussian
  • trogón horskýSlovak
  • Planinski trogonSerbian
  • bergtrogonSwedish
  • Meksika TrogonuTurkish
  • трогон гірськийUkrainian
  • 高山美洲咬鵑Chinese
  • 高山美洲咬鹃Chinese

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Relatives of the mountain trogon

Other species in the same genus Trogon.

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Common questions

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How big is the mountain trogon?

An adult mountain trogon weighs 71 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the mountain trogon endangered?

The mountain 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 mountain trogon?

The mountain trogon (Trogon mexicanus) belongs to the family Trogonidae in the order Trogoniformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mountain trogon (Trogon mexicanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mountain-trogon

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BibTeX
@misc{mountain_trogon_2026,
  title = {Mountain trogon (Trogon mexicanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mountain-trogon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}