Trogon caligatus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The gartered violaceous trogon (Trogon caligatus), also known as the northern violaceous trogon, is a bird in the family Trogonidae, the quetzals and trogons. It is found in Mexico, all of Central America, and Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Until the early 2000s, what are now the gartered trogon and the Amazonian trogon (T. ramonianus) were considered subspecies of the violaceous trogon (T. violaceous). The International Ornithological Committee (IOC), the Clements taxonomy, and the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society (AOS-SACC) have implemented the split making them separate species and renaming T. violaceous the Guianan trogon. However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) retains them as subspecies.
Most trogons have distinctive male and female plumages, with soft, often colorful, feathers. The gartered trogon is 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 38 to 57 g (1.3 to 2.0 oz). The nominate... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 2 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xcaret | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Gartered Trogon sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 3,435 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 67th most-seen of the 503 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April and June
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Gartered Trogon in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, against about 20% in May and July–February, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gartered Trogon sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
14th of 44
Of the 44 parks where we can rate Gartered Trogon sightings, Arenal Volcano National Park ranks 14th at about 20%. The best odds are in Tikal National Park (Guatemala, about 50%), Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 40%) and El Triunfo (Mexico, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Trogon
The closest relatives of the Gartered Trogon that you can see in Arenal Volcano National Park (genus Trogon, New World Trogons) are Collared Trogon (about 10%), Slaty-tailed Trogon (about 10%) and Black-throated Trogon (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gartered Trogon is recorded against all the birds logged in Arenal Volcano National Park (3,435 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
