Elegant Trogon

By Charlie • August 9, 2004 • No comments yet

Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
Madera Canyon, Arizona, USA. August 2004

The Elegant Trogon (or Coppery-tailed Trogon as it used to be known) is the only species of trogon breeding in the USA, where it’s a summer migrant to a number of montane sites in southwestern Arizona.

This (surprisingly approachable) pair was photographed in Madera Canyon, a well-known site for the species in the Santa Rita Mountains about an hour south of Tuscon.

Male:

elegant trogon

Female:

elegant trogon

All photographs © Charlie Moores

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Charlie works for an airline and has birded all over the world for twenty years. He wants to be a writer, and thinks no-one would believe his life could be so charmed if he didn't take photos of as many of the birds he sees as possible. Blogging with 10,000 Birds fits his aims, needs, and insecurities perfectly. Really - do birders get much more fortunate than this?