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Gartered Trogon

Trogon caligatus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
at Tikal National Park
976 Verified sightings at Tikal National Park From 2019 to 2026
18,620 Verified sightings across all 47 parks From 2019 to 2026
July Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Gartered Trogon

The gartered violaceous trogon (Trogon caligatus), also known as the northern violaceous trogon, is a bird in the family Trogonidae, the quetzals and trogons. It is found in Mexico, all of Central America, and Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Until the early 2000s, what are now the gartered trogon and the Amazonian trogon (T. ramonianus) were considered subspecies of the violaceous trogon (T. violaceous). The International Ornithological Committee (IOC), the Clements taxonomy, and the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society (AOS-SACC) have implemented the split making them separate species and renaming T. violaceous the Guianan trogon. However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) retains them as subspecies. The classification schemes that treat the gartered trogon as a species assign three subspecies, the nominate T. c. caligatus, T. c. sallaei, and T. c. concinnus.

Most trogons have distinctive male and female plumages, with soft, often colorful, feathers. The gartered trogon is 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 38 to 57 g (1.3 to 2.0 oz). The nominate... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Tikal National Park

Black-headed Trogon
LC

Black-headed Trogon

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Trogon melanocephalus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
Slaty-tailed Trogon
LC

Slaty-tailed Trogon

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Trogon massena

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
Collared Trogon
LC

Collared Trogon

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Trogon collaris

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Tikal National Park 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~50%
2 El Triunfo 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
3 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
4 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
5 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
6 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
7 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
~30%
8 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
9 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
10 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
11 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~30%
12 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~30%
13 Biotopo Cerro Cahuí 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~20%
14 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
15 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
16 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
17 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
18 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
19 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
20 Cusuco National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
21 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
22 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
23 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
24 Cañón del Sumidero National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
25 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
26 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~10%
27 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
28 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
29 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
30 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
31 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
32 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
33 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
34 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
35 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
36 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
37 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
38 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
39 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
40 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
41 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
42 Celaque National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
43 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
44 Masaya Volcano National Park 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
Insufficient data
45 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
46 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
47 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Gartered Trogon in Tikal National Park?

About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Gartered Trogon sighting in Tikal National Park, based on 976 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Gartered Trogon in Tikal National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Gartered Trogon in Tikal National Park in our monthly data.

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