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trogon::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | bird |
| Has types | quetzal, quetzal bird |
Examples of trogon
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Try the melodious blackbird, Dives dives, or the violaceous trogon, Trogon violaces.
From the newscientist.com
The oldest New World fossil of a trogon is from the comparatively recent Pleistocene.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In most trogon species, both sexes help with nest construction.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Insect prey may also be taken on the wing, with the trogon pursuing flying insects in a similar manner to drongos and Old World flycatchers.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Trogon et al estimated the obesity-attributable fraction of costs by payer and found obesity accounts for 11.8% of Medicaid costs and 8.5% of Medicare costs.
From the economist.com
The most commonly employed foraging technique is a sally-glean flight, where a trogon flies from an observation perch to a target on another branch or in foliage.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Two of his favorite bird watching locations are Florida, where his parents live, and southeast Arizona, where he saw the elegant trogon, a colorful, parrot-like bird that breeds in that area.
From the dailyherald.com
- Forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails
- The trogons and quetzals are birds in the order Trogoniformes which contains only one family, the Trogonidae. The family contains 39 species in eight genera. The fossil record of the trogons dates back 49 million years to the mid-Eocene. ...
- Trogon is a genus of near passerine birds in the trogon family. Its members occur in forests and woodlands of the Americas, ranging from southeastern Arizona to northern Argentina.
