Masked Trogon

I saw several masked trogons in Tatama NNP in Colombia, including a female. It was one of the first birds I photographed as we drove up the road to the top of Montezuma Mountain early in the morning. 

Male

Female

The masked trogon is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and a small portion of Brazil. 

Masked trogon range from Wikipedia.

Wikipedia notes that the "upperparts, head, and upper chest of the male are variously glossy green, reddish-bronze, or golden-green (depending on the subspecies). The belly and lower breast are red; the latter separated from the greenish upper chest by a narrow white band. The male has a distinct eye-ring, which is red in most subspecies...The female is brown above, with a pinkish to red belly and breast; the white band separating brown and red on her underside is often either narrow or obscured. Females of all subspecies have a partial white eye-ring." 

There is very little difference between the collared trogon, my last post, and the masked trogon. There is very little overlap in their ranges, but I was in an area where their ranges do overlap. The masked is found at higher elevations, which was true in my case, and the underside tail feathers on the male are different. The male masked trogon has a red eye-ring and the masked trogons I saw had more blue in the greenish upper feathers. 

Collared trogon tail.

Masked trogon tail. The white patches are larger and the white lines are not as bright.