---
title: "Coppery-tailed Trogon"
description: "Trogon ambiguus — Ptaki. The elegant trogon (Trogon elegans), formerly considered as conspecific with the coppery-tailed trogon, is a species of bird in the trogon family Trogonidae that is native to Central America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/coppery-tailed-trogon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Coppery-tailed Trogon

> Trogon ambiguus — Ptaki. The elegant trogon (Trogon elegans), formerly considered as conspecific with the coppery-tailed trogon, is a species of bird in the trogon family Trogonidae that is native to Central America.

- Scientific name: *Trogon ambiguus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 4077
- iNaturalist taxon: [1651595](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1651595)

## Names

- en: Coppery-tailed Trogon
- es: Coa Cola Cobriza
- fr: Trogon à queue cuivrée

## Countries with the most observations

MX (2291), US (1554)

## Summary

The elegant trogon (Trogon elegans), formerly considered as conspecific with the coppery-tailed trogon, is a species of bird in the trogon family Trogonidae that is native to Central America.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66129855

## Machine access

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