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White-tailed trogon

Trogon chionurus P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1871

LCLeast Concernbirds

The white-tailed trogon (Trogon chionurus) is a species in the family Trogonidae, order Trogoniformes. Recorded adults weigh 82.5 g to 89.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

White-tailed trogon (Trogon chionurus)
Photo: Félix Uribe from Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-tailed trogon

Weight
82.5 g – 89.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
16.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.5src 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

Photos of the white-tailed trogon

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White-tailed trogon (Trogon chionurus)
Alastair Rae from London, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the white-tailed trogon live?

Not recorded

What is the white-tailed trogon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-tailed trogon (Trogon chionurus) is a species of bird in the trogon family. It is found in tropical humid forests of the Chocó, ranging from Panama, through western Colombia, to western Ecuador. It was formerly considered a subspecies of T. viridis, which is widespread in South America east of the Andes, but under the English name white-tailed trogon (a name now reserved for T. chionurus, leaving T. viridis as the green-backed trogon).

From the Wikipedia article “White-tailed trogon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-tailed_trogon&oldid=1363920774), 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 white-tailed trogon endangered?

The white-tailed 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 white-tailed trogon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderTrogoniformes
  5. familyTrogonidae
  6. genusTrogon
  7. SpeciesTrogon chionurus P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1871

Synonyms Trogon eximius, Trogon strigilatus chionurus, Trogon viridis, Trogon viridis chionurus

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • Western white-tailed trogonEnglish
  • Western white-tailed trogonEnglish
  • طرغونية بيضاء الذيلArabic
  • trogon cuablancCatalan
  • trogon běloocasýCzech
  • LavlandstrogonDanish
  • WeißschwanztrogonGerman
  • Westlicher WeißschwanztrogonGerman
  • blankvosta trogonoEsperanto
  • Trogón coliblancoSpanish
  • Trogón de cola blancaSpanish
  • valkopyrstötrogoniFinnish
  • Trogon de SclaterFrench
  • bjelorepi trogonCroatian
  • Trogone codabiancaItalian
  • オジロハグロキヌバネドリJapanese
  • WitstaarttrogonDutch
  • hvithaletrogonNorwegian
  • trogon niebieskogrzbietyPolish
  • trogom-de-cauda-brancaPortuguese
  • surucuá-de-cauda-brancaPortuguese
  • Surucuá-grande-de-barriga-amarelaPortuguese
  • Белохвостый трогонRussian
  • trogón nížinnýSlovak
  • Belorepi trogonSerbian
  • vitstjärtad trogonSwedish
  • Ak Kuyruklu TrogonTurkish
  • трогон білохвостийUkrainian
  • 白尾美洲咬鹃Chinese
  • 西方白尾美洲咬鵑Chinese

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Relatives of the white-tailed trogon

Other species in the same genus Trogon.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the white-tailed trogon?

An adult white-tailed trogon weighs 82.5 g – 89.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the white-tailed trogon endangered?

The white-tailed 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 white-tailed trogon?

The white-tailed trogon (Trogon chionurus) belongs to the family Trogonidae in the order Trogoniformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{white_tailed_trogon_2026,
  title = {White-tailed trogon (Trogon chionurus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-tailed-trogon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}