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Baird's Trogon

Trogon bairdii Lawrence, 1868

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Trogon bairdii Carara Nat. Park, Costa Rica 27-Mar-12

Trogon bairdii Carara Nat. Park, Costa Rica 27-Mar-12

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Open encyclopedia reference

Baird's trogon (Trogon bairdii) is a bird species belonging to the family Trogonidae, which includes quetzals and trogons. It is native to Costa Rica and Panama. The species is named in honor of Spencer Fullerton Baird, a renowned naturalist of the 19th century who served as the first curator of the Smithsonian Institution.

Wikipedia contributors, Baird's trogon; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:50:33.808342+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Trogon bairdii Lawrence, 1868
Name authority
Lawrence, 1868
Common name
Baird's Trogon
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Trogoniformes
Family
Trogonidae
Genus
Trogon
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderTrogoniformes
  10. familyTrogonidae
  11. genusTrogon Brisson, 1760
  12. speciesTrogon bairdii Lawrence, 1868

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Trogon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Blue-crowned TrogonTrogon curucui Linnaeus, 1766TrogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Southern Surucua TrogonTrogon surrucura Vieillot, 1817TrogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Blue-tailed TrogonTrogon comptus J. T. Zimmer, 1948TrogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-tailed TrogonTrogon melanurus Swainson, 1838TrogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Collared TrogonTrogon collaris Vieillot, 1817TrogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gartered TrogonTrogon caligatus Gould, 1838TrogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ecuadorian TrogonTrogon mesurus (Cabanis & Heine, 1863)TrogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Amazonian TrogonTrogon ramonianus Deville & Des Murs, 1849TrogonidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 30 records assigned to Trogonidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Middle America

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=554495 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:599DZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.