Animalia Life
Priotelus temnurus
SUBFAMILY
Trogoninae
TAXONOMY
Trogon temnurus Temminck, 1825, Cuba. Two subspecies.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Isle of Pines trogon; French: Trogon de Cuba; German:
Kubatrogon; Spanish: Trogуn Tocororo, Guatini.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
9.1–9.8 in (23–25 cm), 1.8–2.1 oz (53–60 g). Blue crown and
nape, blackish face, grayish white chin, throat, and breast, red
belly, upperparts iridescent bronze-green with white spots on
coverts and primaries, green-blue uppertail, distinctive scalloped
retrices.
DISTRIBUTION
Cuba, including offshore islands.
HABITAT
Wet and dry tropical forests, both evergreen and deciduous, as
well as pine forests and secondary forests.
BEHAVIOR
Sedentary, tame.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Hovers to feed on flowers with tongue split at tip, also insects,
fruits.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Breeds May through August; nests in natural cavity or abandoned
woodpecker hole; lays three or four eggs. No information
on brood rearing.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Common over range.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.
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