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Trogoniformes

Trogonidae

Trogons

John Harshman
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taxon links [up-->]Harpactes [up-->]Apaloderma [up-->]Trogon [up-->]Euptilotis neoxenus [up-->]Apalharpactes [up-->]Pharomachrus [up-->]Priotelus [down<--]'Land Birds' Interpreting the tree
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Containing group: 'Land Birds'

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

Old World trogons (Apaloderma, Harpactes, and Apalharpactes) clearly form a clade (Johansson and Ericson 2004, Moyle 2005; contra Sibley and Ahlquist 1990, Espinosa de los Monteros 1998), though relationships within that clade are not clear, since neither species of Apalharpactes has yet been sampled in a phylogenetic analysis. New World trogons (Trogon, Pharomachrus, Priotelus, and Euoptilotus) may be paraphyletic to the Old World trogons, though these basal relationships have been contradictory among studies (Johansson and Ericson 2004, Moyle 2005). All genera are apparently monophyletic, pending data on Apalharpactes.

Other Names for Trogonidae

References

Brightsmith, D. J. 2005. Competition, predation and nest niche shifts among tropical cavity nesters: phylogeny and natural history evolution of parrots (Psittaciformes) and trogons (Trogoniformes). Journal of Avian Biology 36:64-73.

Collar, N.J. 2001. Family Trogonidae (Trogons). Pages 80-129 in Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 6. J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and D.A. Christie, eds. BirdLife International and Lynx Editions, Cambridge, UK and Barcelona.

Espinosa de los Monteros, A. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships among the trogons. Auk 115:937-954.

Espinosa de los Monteros, A. 2000. Higher-level phylogeny of Trogoniformes. Mol. Phylo. Evol. 14:20-34.

Johansson, U. S., and P. G. P. Ericson. 2005. A re-evaluation of basal phylogenetic relationships within trogons (Aves : Trogonidae) based on nuclear DNA sequences. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 43(2):166-173.

Johnsgard, P. A. 2000. Trogons and Quetzals of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

Moyle, R. G. 2005. Phylogeny and biogeographical history of Trogoniformes, a pantropical bird order. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84(4):725-738.

Sibley, C. G., and J. A. Ahlquist. 1990. Phylogeny and classification of birds. Yale University Press, New Haven.

Information on the Internet

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Scientific Name Trogon personatus
Location Tandayapa Lodge, NW Ecuador
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Sex Male
Source Masked Trogon (male)
Source Collection Flickr
Copyright © 2007 Jim Scarff
Scientific Name Pharomachrus mocinno
Location Monteverde, Costa Rica
Comments Quetzal on nest
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Copyright © Greg and Marybeth Dimijian
Location Kaeng Krachan, Thailand
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Orange-breasted Trogon - Harpactes oreskios
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2008 Mike Gillam
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Harshman, John. 2008. Trogoniformes. Trogonidae. Trogons. Version 27 June 2008 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Trogonidae/26426/2008.06.27 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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