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title: "White-tailed Trogon"
description: "Trogon chionurus — Uccelli. The white-tailed trogon (Trogon chionurus) is a species of bird in the trogon family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-tailed-trogon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-tailed Trogon

> Trogon chionurus — Uccelli. The white-tailed trogon (Trogon chionurus) is a species of bird in the trogon family.

- Scientific name: *Trogon chionurus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 877
- Wikidata: [Q1268064](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1268064)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73524](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73524)

## Names

- en: White-tailed Trogon
- de: Westlicher Weißschwanztrogon
- es: Trogón de cola blanca
- fr: Trogon de Sclater
- nl: Witstaarttrogon
- pl: Trogon niebieskogrzbiety

## Countries with the most observations

PA (346), CO (256), EC (178)

## Summary

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).

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

## Photo

![White-tailed Trogon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-tailed-trogon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150215328

## Machine access

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