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title: "Gartered Violaceous Trogon"
description: "Trogon caligatus — Uccelli. The gartered violaceous trogon (Trogon caligatus), also known as the northern violaceous trogon, is a bird in the family Trogonidae, the quetzals and trogons."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/gartered-violaceous-trogon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gartered Violaceous Trogon

> Trogon caligatus — Uccelli. The gartered violaceous trogon (Trogon caligatus), also known as the northern violaceous trogon, is a bird in the family Trogonidae, the quetzals and trogons.

- Scientific name: *Trogon caligatus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 5416
- Wikidata: [Q1262495](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1262495)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73523](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73523)

## Names

- en: Gartered Violaceous Trogon
- de: Veilchenkopftrogon
- es: Coa Violácea Norteña
- fr: Trogon pattu
- nl: Goulds trogon
- pl: Trogon wyżynny

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1971), CR (1209), PA (517), BZ (309), HN (259), SV (238), GT (198), CO (149), EC (112), NI (76)

## Summary

The gartered violaceous trogon (Trogon caligatus), also known as the northern violaceous trogon, is a bird in the family Trogonidae, the quetzals and trogons. It is found in Mexico, all of Central America, and Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

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

## Photo

![Gartered Violaceous Trogon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gartered-violaceous-trogon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262224454

## Machine access

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