Trogon mexicanus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The mountain trogon (Trogon mexicanus), also known as the Mexican trogon, is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. First described by William Swainson in 1827, it is resident in Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico and has occurred in El Salvador as a vagrant. Like all trogons, the mountain trogon is sexually dimorphic. The male is metallic green on the crown, nape, upperparts and chest, the latter separated from its bright red belly and vent by a narrow band of white. The female is warm brown on the head, upperparts and chest, separated from its paler brown lower chest and red belly and vent by a narrow white band.
Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical moist montane forests. It prefers pine-evergreen and pine-oak woodland between 3,000 and 10,000 ft (914 and 3,048 m) in elevation. Unlike some rarer trogons, this species shows some adaptability to human land use and has utilized coffee plantations with suitable shade trees like oaks.
When he first described the mountain trogon in 1827 from a specimen collected in Temascáltepec, Mexico, William Swainson gave the species its current scientific name. Most ornithologists have agreed with this assignment, though... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Tigra National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Celaque National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México |
No species of the same family or order lives in Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca, so these are its closest relatives here: other birds.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Trogon sighting in Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 55th most-seen of the 103 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, May and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Trogon in Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca on a given day, against under 5% in January, the lowest month. Those are among Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 270 mm in July. April and June–September have too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mountain 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.
2nd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Mountain Trogon sightings, Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in La Tigra National Park (Honduras, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mountain Trogon is recorded against all the birds logged in Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca (21 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.
