Orange-Bellied Trogon Size: 10" (25 cm); 70 g. Diet: Insects, and many small fruits. Often waits outside foraging flocks of other birds, catching insects that have been stirred up by the other birds. Voice: 2 - 4 clear, descending notes: cow cao or cow cao-cao. When annoyed, gives a long chur-r-r-r-r while bobbing its tail. Status: Uncommon to fairly common, depending on specific location. Found at elevations above 2,500 ft. Cool Fact: This species is possibly just a color phase of the Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris), which is very similar in habits and plumage (collaris simply having a red belly rather than an orange one), and identical in voice. These two species are partly sympatrically separated; however, where they do occur together, some aurantiiventris have red-ish bellies and some collaris have orange-ish bellies, suggesting interbreeding. Source: (Stiles et al 235) |