Priotelus

Priotelus is a genus of birds in the trogon family. It contains two species:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Priotelus temnurusCuban trogon or tocororo,endemic to the Caribbean island of Cuba
Priotelus roseigasterHispaniolan trogonisland of Hispaniola shared by Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic.

Priotelus
Cuban trogon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Trogoniformes
Family: Trogonidae
Genus: Priotelus
G.R. Gray, 1840
Species

P. temnurus
P. roseigaster

References


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