Green-backed Trogon
Trogon viridis
- Family
- Trogons (Trogonidae)
- Order
- Trogoniformes
Overview
The green-backed trogon (Trogon viridis), also known as the Amazonian white-tailed trogon, is a bird in the trogon family Trogonidae. It is widely distributed across the Amazon rainforest with a disjunct population on the southeast coast of Brazil. As with all trogons, this species is sexually dimorphic. The male has a yellow belly without a white breastband, a blue head with a pale-blue orbital eye-ring, a blue bill, a green back and a green tail that is mostly white below.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
East of the Andes from Colombia southward to Peru and Bolivia, and eastward to Trinidad, the Guianas, and eastern Brazil (to Maranhão and Mato Grosso; also Alagoas, and from Bahia southward to São Paulo.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Green-backed trogon
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
