Trogon caligatus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gartered Trogon sighting in Cahuita National Park on a given day, based on 126 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 89th most-seen of the 303 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Gartered Trogon in Cahuita National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and May, 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.
26th of 44
Of the 44 parks where we can rate Gartered Trogon sightings, Cahuita National Park ranks 26th at about 10%. 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.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gartered Trogon is recorded against all the birds logged in Cahuita National Park (126 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.
