Apaloderma
| Apaloderma | |
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| Bar-tailed trogon Apaloderma vittatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Trogoniformes |
| Family: | Trogonidae |
| Genus: | Apaloderma Swainson, 1833 |
| Type species | |
| Trogon narina Stephens, 1815 | |
| Species | |
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Apaloderma is a genus of birds in the family Trogonidae, native from tropical Africa south to southern Africa.
The name is a compound word composed of two Greek words, hapalos, meaning "delicate", and derma, meaning "skin". Established by William Swainson in 1833, the genus contains the following species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Apaloderma narina (Stephens, JF, 1815) | Narina trogon | Sierra Leone to Ethiopia, and east Africa to eastern and southern South Africa |
| Apaloderma aequatoriale Sharpe, RB, 1901 | Bare-cheeked trogon | Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria | |
| Apaloderma vittatum Shelley, GE, 1882 | Bar-tailed trogon | Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia |
References
- ↑ "Trogonidae". Howard & Moore Checklist Online. Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- 1 2 AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 2026-10-30.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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