---
title: "Zwartstaarttrogon"
description: "Trogon melanurus — Vogels. The black-tailed trogon (Trogon melanurus) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae, the quetzals and trogons."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-tailed-trogon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zwartstaarttrogon

> Trogon melanurus — Vogels. The black-tailed trogon (Trogon melanurus) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae, the quetzals and trogons.

- Scientific name: *Trogon melanurus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1251
- Wikidata: [Q998535](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q998535)
- iNaturalist taxon: [20738](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/20738)

## Names

- en: Black-tailed Trogon
- de: Schwarzschwanztrogon
- es: Trogón Colinegro
- fr: Trogon à queue noire
- nl: Zwartstaarttrogon
- pt: Surucuá-de-cauda-preta
- pl: Trogon czarnosterny

## Countries with the most observations

PA (275), PE (239), BR (211), BO (88), EC (68), CO (65), GF (36), GY (9), SR (8)

## Summary

The black-tailed trogon (Trogon melanurus) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae, the quetzals and trogons. It is found Panama and northern South America.

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

## Photo

![Zwartstaarttrogon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-tailed-trogon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156665574

## Machine access

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