Geographic range:
Neotropical: Endemic to W Mexico. Present on the coastal lowlands
and foothills from Sinaloa south to Chiapas.
Physical
characteristics: Yellow -bellied trogon with brownish head
and wings and greenish -blue metallic back. Undertail white overall.
Around 25 - 28 cm in length. Female paler chest color. Upperparts
gray.
Food habits: Eats
mostly small fruit and insects.
Reproduction:
Nests in termitaries.
Behavior:
Solitary, quiet bird. Usually sits erect and still. Flutters in air,
when picking small fruit.
Habitat: Arid to semiarid woodland, thornforest, plantations,
mangroves, tropical deciduous forest |
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