Brazil, Apr 10: A new species of trogon bird from the Atlantic Forest of north-eastern Brazil has been described by a team of ornithologists from United States, Canada, Paraguay, and Brazil. Trogons are one of the most colorful birds in the world, with males having hues of blue, violet, green and purple above, and a bright red, orange or yellow abdomen. Females have grey or brown plumage. In the new study, the researchers analyzed 906 specimens (547 male & 359 females) from 17 different museums. After studying them from multiple aspects, 5 distinct population were identified. Four of them were already known, the Amazonian black-throated trogon (Trogon rufus), the southern black-throated trogon (Trogon chrysochloros), the graceful black-throated trogon (Trogon tenellus) and the Kerr’s black-throated trogon (Trogon cupreicauda). The fifth population has been found in the mountain of Atlantic Forest of Brazil’s Alagoas state, thus named Alagoas black-throated trogon (Trogon muriciensis). It has green head and citrus-yellow belly.
