Family
Trogons
Trogonidae
46 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Trogoniformes
The trogons and quetzals are birds in the order Trogoniformes which contains only one family, the Trogonidae. The family Trogonidae contains 49 species in seven genera. The fossil record of the trogons dates back 49 million years to the Early Eocene.
Species in this family
- Sumatran Trogon Apalharpactes mackloti
- Javan Trogon Apalharpactes reinwardtii
- Bare-cheeked Trogon Apaloderma aequatoriale
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum
- Eared Quetzal Euptilotis neoxenus
- Philippine Trogon Harpactes ardens
- Diard's Trogon Harpactes diardii
- Scarlet-rumped Trogon Harpactes duvaucelii
- Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus
- Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus
- Red-naped Trogon Harpactes kasumba
- Orange-breasted Trogon Harpactes oreskios
- Cinnamon-rumped Trogon Harpactes orrhophaeus
- Ward's Trogon Harpactes wardi
- Whitehead's Trogon Harpactes whiteheadi
- Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus
- Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps
- White-tipped Quetzal Pharomachrus fulgidus
- Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno
- Pavonine Quetzal Pharomachrus pavoninus
- Hispaniolan Trogon Priotelus roseigaster
- Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus
- Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii
- Gartered Violaceous Trogon Trogon caligatus
- White-tailed Trogon Trogon chionurus
- Atlantic Black-throated Trogon Trogon chrysochloros
- Citreoline Trogon Trogon citreolus
- Lattice-tailed Trogon Trogon clathratus
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
- Blue-tailed Trogon Trogon comptus
- Choco Black-throated Trogon Trogon cupreicauda
- Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui
- Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus
- Ecuadorian Trogon Trogon mesurus
- Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus
- Masked Trogon Trogon personatus
- Amazonian Violaceous Trogon Trogon ramonianus
- Amazonian Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
- Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura
- Graceful Black-throated Trogon Trogon tenellus
- Guianan Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus
- Green-backed Trogon Trogon viridis
Lookalikes compared
- Atlantic Black-throated Trogon vs Elegant Trogon
- Baird's Trogon vs Elegant Trogon
- Baird's Trogon vs Graceful Black-throated Trogon
- Black-headed Trogon vs Baird's Trogon
- Black-headed Trogon vs Elegant Trogon
- Black-headed Trogon vs Graceful Black-throated Trogon
- Black-tailed Trogon vs Baird's Trogon
- Black-tailed Trogon vs Green-backed Trogon
- Blue-tailed Trogon vs Black-tailed Trogon
- Cinnamon-rumped Trogon vs Scarlet-rumped Trogon
- Gartered Violaceous Trogon vs Collared Trogon
- Gartered Violaceous Trogon vs Graceful Black-throated Trogon
- Green-backed Trogon vs Gartered Violaceous Trogon
- Narina Trogon vs Bar-tailed Trogon
- Orange-breasted Trogon vs Cinnamon-rumped Trogon
- Red-headed Trogon vs Ward's Trogon
- Red-naped Trogon vs Red-headed Trogon
- Red-naped Trogon vs Scarlet-rumped Trogon
- Slaty-tailed Trogon vs Baird's Trogon
- Slaty-tailed Trogon vs Blue-tailed Trogon
- Slaty-tailed Trogon vs Collared Trogon
- Slaty-tailed Trogon vs Elegant Trogon
- Slaty-tailed Trogon vs Mountain Trogon
- White-tailed Trogon vs Graceful Black-throated Trogon