---
title: "Blue-crowned Trogon"
description: "Trogon curucui — Uccelli. The blue-crowned trogon (Trogon curucui) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae, the quetzals and trogons."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/blue-crowned-trogon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-crowned Trogon

> Trogon curucui — Uccelli. The blue-crowned trogon (Trogon curucui) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae, the quetzals and trogons.

- Scientific name: *Trogon curucui*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 1613
- Wikidata: [Q688318](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q688318)
- iNaturalist taxon: [20729](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/20729)

## Names

- en: Blue-crowned Trogon
- de: Blauscheiteltrogon
- es: Trogón de corona azul
- fr: Trogon couroucou
- nl: Blauwkruintrogon
- pt: Surucuá-de-barriga-vermelha
- pl: Trogon niebieskogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (736), PE (237), BO (233), EC (82), AR (62), PY (48), CO (26)

## Summary

The blue-crowned trogon (Trogon curucui) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae, the quetzals and trogons. It is found in Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru. As with all trogons, this species is sexually dimorphic. The male has a blue head with an orange orbital ring, a red belly with a narrow white breastband and a green back. The female differs in having a grey head, a grey back and a broken white eye-ring.

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

## Photo

![Blue-crowned Trogon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-crowned-trogon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171567947

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-crowned-trogon?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).