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title: "Trogon de Cabanis"
description: "Trogon tenellus — Oiseaux. The northern black-throated trogon (Trogon tenellus), also known as the graceful black-throated trogon, is a bird in the family Trogonidae, the trogons and quetzals."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/graceful-black-throated-trogon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Trogon de Cabanis

> Trogon tenellus — Oiseaux. The northern black-throated trogon (Trogon tenellus), also known as the graceful black-throated trogon, is a bird in the family Trogonidae, the trogons and quetzals.

- Scientific name: *Trogon tenellus*
- Category: `birds` (Oiseaux)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 2865
- iNaturalist taxon: [1507428](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1507428)

## Names

- en: Graceful Black-throated Trogon
- de: Nördlicher Schwarzkehltrogon
- es: Trogon cabeciverde
- fr: Trogon de Cabanis

## Countries with the most observations

CR (1981), PA (655), HN (30), NI (14)

## Summary

The northern black-throated trogon (Trogon tenellus), also known as the graceful black-throated trogon, is a bird in the family Trogonidae, the trogons and quetzals. It is found from southeastern Honduras to northwestern Colombia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_black-throated_trogon

## Photo

![Trogon de Cabanis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/graceful-black-throated-trogon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Steph Brulot-Sawchyn · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/297135169

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/graceful-black-throated-trogon?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).