Trogon caligatus
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
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 |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Gartered Trogon sighting in Tikal National Park on a given day, based on 991 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 20th most-seen of the 300 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June–July and October
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Gartered Trogon in Tikal National Park on a given day, against about 30% in September, the lowest month. Those are among Tikal National Park's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain a month against 30 mm in February.
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.
Yes
Of the 44 parks where we can rate Gartered Trogon sightings, Tikal National Park has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come 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 Tikal National Park (genus Trogon, New World Trogons) are Black-headed Trogon (about 50%), Slaty-tailed Trogon (about 40%) and Collared 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 Tikal National Park (991 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.
