Trogon

Word TROGON
Character 6
Hyphenation tro gon
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Trogon"

What do we mean by trogon?

Any of various colorful tropical or subtropical birds of the family Trogonidae, including the quetzals. noun

A genus of birds, type of the family Trogonidæ, formerly conterminous with the same, subsequently variously restricted. noun

lowercase Any bird of the genus Trogon in a broad sense, as a curucui or quetzal. noun

Any one of numerous species of beautiful tropical birds belonging to the family Trogonidæ. They are noted for the brilliant colors and the resplendent luster of their plumage. noun

Any of several species of bird, most of which live in Central and South America, have colorful feathers, and nest in holes in trees. noun

Forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails noun

A bird of a species in the family Trogonidae, most of which live in Central and South America, have colorful feathers, and nest in holes in trees.

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The word "trogon" in example sentences

A trogon was the next, a thickly-feathered soft-looking bird, yoke-toed like a cuckoo, and bearing great resemblance in shape to the nightjar of the English woods, but wonderfully different in plumage; for, whereas the latter is of a soft blending of greys and browns, like the wings of some woodland moths, this trogon's back was of a cinnamon brown, and its breast of a light rosy-scarlet blending off into white crossed with fine dark-pencilled stripes. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

A trogon, its cherry red neck gleaming against a body of emerald green, crawls up the side of a picture frame, followed by a chattering monkey. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Other species with an Afromontane distribution include bar-tailed trogon (Apaloderma vittatum), scarce swift (Schoutedenapus myioptilus), orange thrush (Zoothera gurneyi) and African black swift (Apus barbatus sladeniae). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Birders plan their vacations around the northern extent of the trogon (Chiricauhuas) or where to see 47 varieties of hummingbirds (Ramsey Canyon). ❋ Unknown (2006)

Once more, we wound up in a junglelike forest, where the only thing we saw of note was a gorgeous trogon with a luminous green body and a red throat, a bird so rare that it was the first one Stanton had ever seen, though he'd lived all his life in Africa. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The bird fauna here is very rich, 707 species, and includes species such as Ward's trogon (Harpactes wardi) (table 2). ❋ Unknown (2007)

My favorites were the toco toucan, motmot, currasows, Yucatan jay, cinnamon-colored cuckoo, and pileated woodpecker and violaceous trogon (a relative of the resplendent quetzal). ❋ Unknown (2007)

The thick-forested mountains delivered the call of the trogon, but no sighting. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The beautiful trogon, with bright scarlet breast and black back, uttered a most peculiar note, similar to that we read of as having once been emitted by Memnon, and likened to the tuning of a lyre. ❋ Unknown (2004)

On the very first day, my hunters obtained for me the elegant yellow and green trogon ❋ Unknown (2004)

A trogon, its cherry red neck gleaming against a body of emerald green, crawls up the side of a picture frame, f ... read more crafts exploring-tourism ❋ Unknown (1996)

All that afternoon she feasted, Warruk spurning the delicacies she offered him but growling savagely as she drew the young of a trogon out of its nest in the cavity of a termites 'domicile which was plastered, like a huge knob, on one of the high branches. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

And now the trogon fairly fell off the branch, seizing the insect almost before the tone died away. ❋ William Beebe (1919)

The casual visitors were the most conspicuous, an occasional trogon swooping across -- a glowing, feathered comet of emerald, azurite and gold; or, slowly drifting in and out among the vines and coming to rest with waving wings, a yellow and red spotted ❋ William Beebe (1919)

A yellow-bellied trogon came quite close, and sat as trogons do, very straight and stiff like a poorly mounted bird, watching passing flycatchers and me and the glimpses of sky. ❋ William Beebe (1919)

Then the pair talked together in the usual trogon fashion, and the sudden shadow of a passing vulture, drew forth discordant cat calls, as both birds swooped from sight to avoid the fancied hawk. ❋ William Beebe (1919)

Once the female swooped after an insect, and in the midst of one of the sweetest passages of the male trogon, a green grasshopper shifted his position. ❋ William Beebe (1919)

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