About Trogon mesurus (Cabanis & Heine, 1863)
The scientific name of the Ecuadorian trogon is Trogon mesurus (Cabanis & Heine, 1863). Adult Ecuadorian trogons measure 30.5 to 32 cm (12 to 13 inches) in total length. One recorded male weighed 96 g (3.4 oz), and one recorded female weighed 100 g (3.5 oz). Males have a black face and throat, with a red ring surrounding the eye. Their crown, nape, upperparts, and upper breast are colored iridescent green. A white band separates the upper breast from the deep red feathers of the lower breast, belly, and vent. The upperside of the male's tail is green, while the underside is slaty gray. The folded male wing shows fine black and grayish white vermiculation. Females have shades of gray in all the areas where males have green plumage. The Ecuadorian trogon is distributed from Esmeraldas, the northernmost province of Ecuador, south into Lambayeque Province, Peru. It lives in both the edges and interior of humid evergreen forest and semideciduous forest. Its elevation range is from sea level to approximately 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in Ecuador, and between 400 and 1,250 m (1,300 and 4,100 ft) in Peru.
