OTHER NAMES: N/A
Latin Etymology: Trogon ("fruit eating") melanocephalus ("black headed")
Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) at Tarcoles, Costa Rica - November 2025
Weight: 74-95g / Length: 27-28cm / Wingspan: ?
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
One of the more subdued in colour of the Trogons, but even here with a vivid yellow breast, Black-headed Trogons are at the Southern limit of their range just South of where I saw them in Tarcoles, with the main concentration of it being in the Yucutan and Coastal Areas of Honduras and Nicaragua. They are fairly adaptable as trogons go, prefering forest edges but are not overly fussy about the type of forest ranging from tropical rainforests to dry.
Related Species:
Order: Trogoniformes
Family: Trogonidae
Genus: Trogon
SUBSPECIES: none - monotypic
- Sighting Locations -
Found in North West Costa Rica
- COSTA RICA 2025 TRIP: Several seen around Tarcoles
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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