Trogon ramonianus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The Amazonian trogon (Trogon ramonianus), is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae, the trogons and quetzals. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Until the early 2000s, what are now the Amazonian trogon and the gartered trogon (T. caligatus) 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. The two subspecies are so similar that some authors maintain that the Amazonian trogon is monotypic.
Trogons have distinctive male and female plumages, with soft, often colorful, feathers. The Amazonian trogon is about 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long; three males weighed 44 to... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Amazonian Trogon sighting in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, based on 153 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 246th most-seen of the 550 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, May–July and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Amazonian Trogon in Tambopata National Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, August and October–January, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Amazonian Trogon sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Amazonian Trogon sightings, Tambopata National Reserve ranks 4th at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 10%), Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 10%) and Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, about 10%).
Same genus: Trogon
The closest relatives of the Amazonian Trogon that you can see in Tambopata National Reserve (genus Trogon, New World Trogons) are Black-tailed Trogon (about 30%), Blue-crowned Trogon (about 20%) and Collared Trogon (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Amazonian Trogon is recorded against all the birds logged in Tambopata National Reserve (153 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.
