Apaloderma | |
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Bar-tailed trogon Apaloderma vittatum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Trogoniformes |
Family: | Trogonidae |
Genus: | Apaloderma Swainson, 1833 |
Type species | |
Trogon narina[1] Stephens, 1815
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Species | |
3, see text |
Apaloderma is a genus of birds in the family Trogonidae.[2]
The name is a compound word composed of two Greek words: hapalos, meaning "delicate"and derma, meaning "skin".[3] Established by William John Swainson in 1833, the genus contains the following species:[2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Apaloderma narina. | Narina trogon | Sierra Leone to Ethiopia, and east Africa to eastern and southern South Africa |
Apaloderma aequatoriale | Bare-cheeked trogon | Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria | |
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Apaloderma vittatum | Bar-tailed trogon | Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia |