Apaloderma

Apaloderma
Bar-tailed trogon
Apaloderma vittatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Trogoniformes
Family: Trogonidae
Genus: Apaloderma
Swainson, 1833
Type species
Trogon narina
Stephens, 1815
Species

3, see text

Apaloderma is a genus of birds in the family Trogonidae.

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:

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Apaloderma narinaNarina trogonSierra Leone to Ethiopia, and east Africa to eastern and southern South Africa
Apaloderma aequatorialeBare-cheeked trogonCameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria
Apaloderma vittatumBar-tailed trogonAngola, Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia

References

  1. ↑ "Trogonidae". Howard & Moore Checklist Online. Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. 1 2 "ITIS Report: Apaloderma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.