Trogon massena
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The slaty-tailed trogon (Trogon massena) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae, the quetzals and trogons. It is found in Mexico, throughout Central America, and in Colombia and Ecuador. The last has sometimes been treated as a subspecies of black-tailed trogon (T. melanurus) or as a separate species.
Trogons have distinctive male and female plumages, with soft, often colorful, feathers. The slaty-tailed trogon is 30 to 35.5 cm (12 to 14 in) long and weighs about 140 to 155 g (4.9 to 5.5 oz). The nominate male has an orange-red bill and a dull black face, chin, and upper throat with a red to orange ring around the eye. The upperparts are metallic green that tends to golden green on the back and bluish green on the crown and rump. The breast is metallic green and the belly and vent deep red. The folded wing has fine black and white vermiculation that looks gray at a distance. The upperside of the four central tail feathers are metallic green to bronzy green with black tips, the next pair mostly black... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Slaty-tailed Trogon sighting in Tortuguero National Park on a given day, based on 1,350 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th most-seen of the 348 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Slaty-tailed Trogon in Tortuguero National Park on a given day, against about 30% in July–September and November–January, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slaty-tailed 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.
4th of 28
Of the 28 parks where we can rate Slaty-tailed Trogon sightings, Tortuguero National Park ranks 4th at about 40%. The best odds are in Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 50%), Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize, about 40%) and Tikal National Park (Guatemala, about 40%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slaty-tailed Trogon is recorded against all the birds logged in Tortuguero National Park (1,350 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.
