Handbook of the birds of the world vol 16

#Handbook of the birds of the world vol 16 plus

It is endemic to mossy cloud forests in north Borneo. It is rare and local in foothill forests from Bhutan east to north Burma and Yunnan, China and a male Whitehead's Trogon (above, in a splendid photo by Paul Huang). These are my choices for most impressive trogons in the Old World: male Ward's Trogon (left, in a beautiful photo by David Bishop), the only trogon with shocking pink in its plumage. Some of the Asian trogons are drop dead gorgeous. There are three African species (genus Apaloderma) and 12 species of Asian trogons (genus Harpactes). Yet in many ways the trogons of the Old World match those of the New World in stunning beauty. roseigaster, which I've seen in the mountains of the Dominican Republic - also takes your breath away when it first comes into view. Another island endemic in genus Priotelus - Hispaniola Trogon P. Its tricolored assembly of black, white, and red is brilliant, yet the bird itself can be quite hard to spot in a thick leafy canopy.

Of the 22 species of New World trogons, I was most impressed by Cuban Trogon (below), the Cuban national bird and entirely endemic to that island. From its velvet green plumage and deep crimson belly to its unbelievably long emerald tail, it has long been among my picks for the 'top 50 birds' in the world. Top among them is Resplendent Quetzal (right) of the Central American cloud forests from southern Mexico to western Panama.

#Handbook of the birds of the world vol 16 plus

2015).ДЄmong the most spectacular of the New World trogons are the quetzals (5 species of Pharomachrus plus Eared Quetzal in genus Euptilotis). Beyond that it appears the African trogons (genus Apaloderma) are the earliest branch and the next split is between the Asian trogons and the New World trogons (e.g., Prum et al. Some genetic data (Moyle 2005) suggest that the quetzals might be basal to all other trogons, including Old World genera. The Trogoniformes are now sequenced among a group of orders that consists of the Coraciiformes, Piciformes, Bucerotiformes, and Upupiformes. The most comprehensive genetic data (Jarvis et al. However, the phylogenetic relationships of trogons is no longer obscure.

It is almost entirely restricted to rainforests in southeastern Brazil but ranges into Paraguay and northern Argentina.

Surucua Trogon (male, left) is one of those Brazilian trogons. Their appearance is distinctive, and their phylogenetic relationships are obscure.' Well represented in the Neotropics (especially in Central America), they also occur in Africa and the Oriental region, although in reduced diversity. In 1993, Helmut Sick wrote in The Birds of Brazil that 'the trogons are a small group with splendid plumage, worthy of symbolizing the exuberance of the tropics. DR personal total: 34 species (79%), 16 photo'd.43 species in the New World and Old World tropics.